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[REPORT / COLUMN]

Exports to Southeast Asia 2018.05.30 As publication business exchanges with China have declined exorbitantly over the past 18 months, South Korea's publishing industry has turned its eye towards Southeast Asia and exports to this region have been increasing as a result. Along with efforts to make up for the gap created by declining publishing trade with China, South Korean publishers seem to have come to the conclusion they must expand their territories to move in line with today's changes. Exchanges with those in the publishing industry in Southeast Asia began around 2005 and have been continued ever since. However, one thing that stands out between then and now is the fact that Korean publishers are now creating more diverse content in a number of areas and they are also making more aggressive moves to enter the market in Southeast Asia. On top of this, the 'traveling book fair' project that has been operated by KPIPA over the past several y...

VOL.9 / 2018.05

[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Creating a window into the future with books

Creating a window into the future with books 2020.02.03 There is a publisher that makes issue-driving books every October. It is Miraebook, with its series Trend Korea that predicts the next year trend in Korea based on the analysis of trends in the published year. Let’s take a look at Miraebook that plays a role as the window into the future, just as its name implies, and its publications. Please introduce Miraebook to the webzine readers. Established in 2000, Miraebook has been publishing books in various fields such as liberal arts, history, self-development, and essay, with its flagship books in economics and business administration. The name reflects the meaning that “a book is a window into the future.” The Trend Korea series has been steadily loved by readers as the representative work of us, being a bestseller every year since its first releas in 2009. It is chosen as the best trend analysis that precisely p...

VOL.19 / 2020.02

[NEWS / BOOK SUMMARY]

Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation 2017.11.01 Mr. Madang’s Happy Days 1. Publication Details Imprint | Wurinabi Publishing House Title | Mr. Madang’s Happy Days Author | Hong Yeon-sik Illustrator | Hong Yeon-sik Format | 150*210 Binding | Paperback Pages | 420pages ISBN | 979-11-86843-17-8 2. Contact Name | Rosa Han Phone | +82-70-8879-7093 Email | joerosa@hanmail.net URL | http://blog.naver.com/michel61 3. About the Author / Illustrator Hong Yeon-sik studied visual arts at Korea National University of Arts and made his debut as a graphic novel artist in the New Comics Writers Contest in 1992. Hong received the New Artists Award for Kiyora in 2001, and the best manhwa award from the Manhwa Today Contest forUncomfortably and Yet Happilyin 2012. Uncomfortably and Yet Happily has been translated and published into French, and the copyright for the English language version has be...

VOL.6 / 2017.11

[REPORT / COLUMN]

A Society Easily Hurt: Readers In Search of Emotional Essays

A Society Easily Hurt: Readers In Search of Emotional Essays 2018.05.30 A list of bestselling books at times can be perceived as a miniature version of a society. Especially at times like now when far fewer people are buying books, the act of purchasing a book reflects a person's strong want to own a book even at the expense of paying one's hard-earned money. Not only do trendy books sell, but books that accurately secure society's general flow and emotions do well. From that perspective, looking at bestsellers becomes an act of analysis into a society. At present time in 2018, emotional essays are seeing no end to their fame in South Korean bookstores. For industry leaders like Kyobo Book Centre and Aladin last year, the bestselling book in 2017 was Lee Ki-ju's Temperature of Language. The book shows very well the author's career as a speech writer for the presidential office following years as a journalist. Previously, Lee was known for his books o...

VOL.9 / 2018.05

[TREND / SPECIAL PROJECT]

K-Book in Berlin

K-Book in Berlin M&K's Monica Gu talks South Korean books 2019.09.09 It is rare for German publishers to release South Korean books.Considering this, the first exhibition for South Korean books in Germany, K-Book in Berlin embarked on a mission to spread the word about great South Korean books. It's been three years since I came to Germany for personal reasons. As I run a publishing company in South Korea, I visit bookstores and libraries in Germany often in search of good ideas for publications. Naturally, I found myself seeking out South Korean books translated into German, and I found Han Kang's The Vegetarian (Changbi) and Jeong You-jeong's Seven Years of Darkness (Eunhaengnamu). The Literature Translation Institute of Korea played a huge role in getting these books to German readers, but usually it is rare for German publishers to publish South Korean books all on their own. Being aware of many excellent books in S...

VOL.15 / 2019.09

[NEWS / PUBLISHING INDUSTRY]

South Korea's Key Publishing Related Organizations

South Korea's Key Publishing Related Organizations 2017.11.01 In South Korea's publishing industry, there are many private organizations. Inside these organizations are members who work for competing businesses, but inside the groups they seek interests and order for the greater good. They also help pass on voices from inside the industry to a larger audience. The following are organizations key to South Korea's publishing industry linked to production, distribution, sales and research. The most representative of publishers' groups would be the Korean Publishers Association, founded in 1947. Inside the group are all kinds of publishers, big and small. So far the association has worked towards creating an order for distribution within South Korea as well as resolving several issues related to the publishing environment. It has also been a driving force for projects aimed at developing the industry on a whole. The association has acted as a window for book deliveries...

VOL.6 / 2017.11

[REPORT / COLUMN]

Book exports by authors Sun-mi Hwang, You-jeong Jeong and Jung-myung Lee

Book exports by authors Sun-mi Hwang, You-jeong Jeong and Jung-myung Lee South Korea Book Exports 2018.01 December, for most, is a month that symbolizes the close of the year. Over the past year, many South Korean books took a stroll outside South Korea to various countries around the world. It shows South Korean literature has received consistent attention from foreign readers in a number of different countries and fuels hopes they will garner more success in the future. Sun-mi Hwang's Miracle on Cherry Hill Sold Into the United Kingdom ⓒ Sakyejul Sun-mi Hwang's Miracle on Cherry Hill was sold into the United Kingdom and will be published there by Little, Brown. The novel offers an opportunity for readers to think about the values of human life as we live in co-existence with other beings through the story of one old man and the people who come to gather in his yard. It's a novel for readers of all ages, from children to the elder...

VOL.8 / 2018.01

[INFORMATION / BEST SELLERS]

South Korean bestsellers in September

South Korean bestsellers in September Bestsellers at South Korea's biggest online bookstores, Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre 2019.10.07 Comparing online bestsellers at South Korea's Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre in the second week of September shows the same books have mostly been included on their top-selling lists. Books including Normal Siblings 1, 2, One Day I Became a Princess (luxury limited edition) and You Can Fix Your Brain were all among the top 10 bestselling books in September, showing how popular they were.Among the bestsellers at Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre, Kim Young-ha's Why Travel drew intrigue. Why Travel is now marking its fifth month after release and despite this, it was the fifth bestselling book at both Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre, showing it has been consistently loved by readers. 90's Kids Are Coming also made it onto the bestseller lists after being recommended by the South Korean president while both parts of Seol Min-seok's Roman...

VOL.16 / 2019.10

[NEWS / BEST SELLER]

South Korea's November Bestsellers

South Korea's November Bestsellers Aggregate data as of the first week of October 2017.11.01 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 The first week of October is always called the season of the Nobel prize. Every year around this time, the Nobel prize committee convenes in Sweden to announce the winners in six different categories. This year on Oct. 5, the 117th Nobel Prize in Literature was given to Kazuo Ishiguro. According to Interpark Books, Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, one of his most famous novels, reached the top of their bestseller list the next day as soon as readers heard of the Nobel Prize news. Sales of the author's books in general soared in the days following the Nobel Prize announcement from Oct. 6 to 12, trouncing previous sales figures for the author which had been comparatively low. Also, Nudge, by Richard Thaler who was this year'srecipient of the Nobel Prize in economics saw a spike in demand around the same time. In the ca...

VOL.6 / 2017.11

[REPORT / COLUMN]

South Korea's Book Exports

South Korea's Book Exports World's End Girlfriend, The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher Exported Abroad 2017.12.01 Two publications of two South Korean authors beloved by readers here have recently seen good news. South Korean novelist Yeon-su Kim and poet Do-hyun Ahn have succeeded in exporting their books to Taiwan and Indonesia. Kim's book World's End Girlfriend was sold into Taiwan while Ahn's The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher was sold into Indonesia. Both were bestsellers in South Korea, making the news even more special. Yeon-su Kim's World's End Girlfriend Heads to Taiwan Cover art for Yeon-su Kim's World's End Girlfriendⓒ Munhakdongne Kim is a renowned author in South Korea who has received several literary awards like the Yi Sang Literary Award and the Dong-in Literary Award. World's End Girlfriend is a collection of short stories and it will be the first time for the writer to be publishe...

VOL.7 / 2017.12

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