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Achievements of the “One City, One Book” Movement

Publishing Industry   Achievements of the “One City, One Book” Movement   2022.10.04   Seosan-si selected and nominated Uncanny Convenience Store (Namu Bench) for the general public and A Child Who Climbed over a Wall (BIR) for children as books to read together during the “2022 Pan-Citizen One City, One Book Movement: The Book of the Year Proclamation Ceremony” held in the city hall’s situation room on Aug 10, 2022. In April, citizens of Seosan-si recommended a total of 54 books. The library’s steering committee reviewed the books, and two were nominated as the “Book of The Year.”The book Uncanny Convenience Store is a piece that depicts the joys and sorrows of our neighbors living in this harsh era from a warm and humorous perspective. The novel has a small convenience store on the corner of an alley as its background. Meanwhile, this year’s children’s book was A Child Who Climbed over a Wall, which gives its readers the strength and c...
  • VOL.51 / 2022.10
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Spring Blooms With Books: The Beginning of a New Semester

Best Sellers   Spring Blooms With Books: The Beginning of a New Semester Best seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstoresin Korea for the 2nd week of March, 2025   2025.04.07   Though climate change is causing more extreme weather events, the season is coming to spring. In Korea, where winter and spring cross paths, it seems like everyone is busy preparing for the new semester after the winter vacation.As if to prove the staying power of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang’s Human Acts has reclaimed the top spot. It wasn’t the only novel that made a comeback. Yang Gui-Ja’s Contradictions, ranked No. 5 in the overall ranking, has been on the best seller list for months, creating a new boom. The novel, which has gone through 132 printings since its first publication in 1998, delicately depicts the life of Ahn Jinjin, a 25-year-old single woman whose life is full of contradictions. Another best seller, Adult Happiness is Quiet, which has been a consi...
  • VOL.81 / 2025.04
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Agency list

Agency List   Agency list   2025.04.07   Abba Communication Ltd.   Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts.   Focused Subjects  LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation   Contacts ? Kim jungsukE-mail : jskim@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707-2103 / Regions : Asia, UK, USA ? Han-gyul GoE-mail : abba@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707...
  • VOL.81 / 2025.04
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The Adoption of the Public Lending Right, Requiring the Agreement of All Parties in the Publishing Industry

Publishing Industry   The Adoption of the Public Lending Right,Requiring the Agreement of All Parties in the Publishing Industry   2022.09.05   An amendment of the Copyright Act proposed last April by a national assembly member of the Democratic Party of Korea, Kim Seung-Won, garnered the attention of stakeholders in the publishing industry. The amendment was about introducing the Public Lending Right (PLR) to Korea by amending the Copyright Act. The Public Lending Right is the right to be compensated for the expected loss of copyright by owners caused by book lending from libraries, and it is known as the PLR. Thirty-four EU member states adopted the right.   A photo of a public library (Photo taken by photographer Lee Eui Jong)     Copyright Act amendment gained much attention from the publishing industry’s stakeholders   The introduction of the PLR will have a wide range of...
  • VOL.50 / 2022.09
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Seen through Statistics: The Status of Offline Bookstores in Korea

Publishing Policy   Seen through Statistics:The Status of Offline Bookstores in Korea   2022.09.05                             Seen through statistics: The Status of Offline bookstores in Korea.* This article is based on the “2021 Publishing Industry Status Report (as of 2020)”, released by the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA).   Sample design and valid responses (Unit: Per unit) Various materials were taken into account for the accurate analysis of primary data as well as for the representation and characteristics of the survey content. ? Survey Population: 1,645 (Criterion: Businesses actually in operation) ? Sample Design: 565 (Criterion: Businesses applied with sample distribution by size) ? Distribution of Valid Cases: 432 (Cr...
  • VOL.50 / 2022.09
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Trends in the Publishing Market in the First Half of 2022

Publishing Industry   Trends in the Publishing Market in the First Half of 2022   2022.08.01   People are still reeling from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has swept the world over the past three years. Korea has been rapidly taking actions to return people’s daily lives to how they were before the pandemic. Such efforts can be seen through major terms commonly used in news outlets, such as “endemic” and “post-COVID.” Also, in early June, the Seoul International Book Fair was held at COEX on a large scale after a three-year absence, attracting approximately 100 thousand visitors. What’s more, lectures and autograph signing events of writers that had halted due to the social distancing policy have begun to take place again. It also seems that publications, book sales, and book-related programs are beginning to revitalize.Books related to “endemic” include From Pandemic to Endemic (Dongasia Books), written by researchers at the Institute for ...
  • VOL.49 / 2022.08
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The Winds of Change Blow in Korean Society

Best Sellers   The Winds of Change Blow in Korean Society Best seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstoresin Korea for the 1st Week of February, 2025   2025.03.10   It is the first week of February, and amidst the final bitter cold snap, people have been slowly saying goodbye to winter and looking forward to spring. Although the cold air and piles of snow are still around, the anticipation for the seasonal change grows as ipchun* passes. This is also a great time to get closer to a good book to enjoy the excitement of waiting for spring, and to reaffirm the resolve to read that you had at the beginning of the year. * Ipchun (立春): The first of 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, considered the beginning of spring in Korea   A new title has overtaken Han Kang’s novel at the top of the best seller list after only a few months. The book, A History for Progressives, is a wake-up call to the growing sentiment that is shaking up Korea...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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#Death

#K-Book   #Death KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.03.10   A Solitary Death is a Social Murder 1. Publication Details   Title | A Solitary Death is a Social MurderAuthor | Gwon Jong-hoPublisher | SANZINIPublication Date | 2023-02-20ISBN | 9791168611337No. of pages | 192Dimensions | 135*200   2. Book Intro   Living alone, dying aloneThe number of solitary deaths is increasing every year due to changes in the family structure, with a growing number of one-person households and the level of disconnection among people. According to the first survey published in 2022, the number of solitary deaths increased by an average of 8.8% per year from 2017 to 2021. However, compared to the increasing number of solitary deaths, social awareness is extremely lacking, and no effective countermeasures have been developed. The sta...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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Audiobook Platforms in Korea

Publishing Policy   Audiobook Platforms in Korea   2022.08.01                   Read books with your ears in your busy daily life! ? Audiobook platforms in Korea“From the joy of reading to the joy of listening” - We hereby introduce to you various audiobook platforms in Korea!   Millie (www.millie.co.kr)? Books abounding in many fields? Provides an index of the readership that finished each book based on big data? Text and audio format simultaneously serviced#bigdata #paperbook_subscribe   Welaaa (www.welaaa.com)? Enjoy audiobooks read lively by professional voice actors? Welaaa-made audiobooks? Audiobooks of popular webnovels#webnovels #Welaaa_made   Naver Audio Clip (audioclip.naver.com)? Novels read like plays? Audiobooks read lively by various voice of celebrities? Some audiobooks available for free#various_content #voice_of_celebri...
  • VOL.49 / 2022.08
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Korea Rights Centre to be organized at the 2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Info   Korea Rights Centre to be organized at the2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair See you at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in spring!   2025.03.10                 The Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) is running the project, “Participation in Overseas Book Fairs in 2025,” to promote the export of Korean publishing content and support the capacity building of Korean authors and publishers.   Join Korean picture books’ advancement into the global arena at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the biggest of its kind in the world, in March!The “Authors from Korea (Promotion Centre)” and “Korea Rights Centre” will be organized at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair to support Korean picture books’ global advancement, as well as Korean publishers’ and authors’ book export and promotion.   2025 Bologna Children’s Book FairDate: March 31 (Mon.) - April 3 (Thu.), 2025 (4 days)Venue: Bolog...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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