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Naver and Kakao Compete Over Acquisition of Web-novel and Webtoon Platforms

Naver and Kakao Compete Over Acquisition of Web-novel and Webtoon Platforms   2021.07.05     Web-novel and webtoon markets optimized for mobile consumption for their short-length content are growing exponentially. Serialized web novels are settling in at the center of the e-book market with the facilitation of membership services. According to the status report on web-novel users released by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) in 2020, the web-novel market is a promising market showing steady growth, assessing the field as the next leader of K-content given that the current trend of paid services continues. Experts in the industry expect the size of the web-novel market in Korea to reach 600 billion won in 2020 from approximately 20 billion won as of 2013.According to the status report on webtoon businesses announced by KOCCA in 2020, the webtoon market in Korea is estimated to have grown from 466.3 billion won in 2018 to 640.1 billion won in 2019. The m...
  • VOL.36 / 2021.07
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Literary Awards and Contests in the field of Genre Literature

Literary Awards and Contests in the field of Genre Literature Becoming the center of the publishing market as a mainstream field   2020.06.01     The preference of readers is having more influence on the Korean publishing market than other elements. Genre literature including webtoons (online comics), web novels, and science fiction that gained little attention in the past have become popular among readers ? even comparable to pure literature ? and its market is expanding as well. The idea that genre literature is non-mainstream and is only enjoyed by certain fans has become nonsense today. In particular, in terms of web novels, anyone can become a writer, and as anybody can enjoy the works with a mobile device anywhere one likes, its market has outgrown that of paper books. Genre literature possesses a different value than pure literature in that its works can be extended to derivative works such as movies or TV series with their creative ideas and fast flow of stories...
  • VOL.23 / 2020.06
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Balgeunmirae Publishing Co.

Korean Publishers   Balgeunmirae Publishing Co. Children’s Laughter is Our Bright Future   2023.02.20   Laughing children are strong enough to make people around them feel happy. Like the phrase “children’s laughter is the bright future of our time,” one publisher has been giving children a big smile, building a brighter future with their books - Balgeunmirae Publishing Co. Since it was founded in 2005, Balgeunmirae Publishing Co. has released many books for children until now, hosted contests and meetings with readers, and published its content through diverse platforms. Let’s take a moment to listen to a story of Balgeunmirae Publishing Co., which makes children smile with tales they are familiar with.   The logo of Balgeunmirae Publishing Co.     Welcome. It’s a pleasure to have you on K-Book Trends. Please tell our overseas readers what Balgeunmirae Publishing Co. is and its m...
  • VOL.55 / 2023.02
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Wisdom House, Inc

Korean Publishers   Wisdom House, Inc Dreaming of Becoming the Most Reader-centric Publisher   2023.01.02   One publisher is running with its dream of becoming a big and reader-centric general publishing house. Wisdom House is the publisher that recently reshaped itself through brand renewal to get closer to its readers. The publisher pays close attention to readers’ tastes and interests and sometimes talks to its readers. Wisdom House prints books and has expanded its realm to web comics and novels. The company is already recognized as one of Korea’s most influential publishers, but it never ceases to publish books on diverse themes, strives to be near its readers, and tries new things. Today, we met Wisdom House and heard its stories.   Logo of Wisdom House     It’s an honor to have you here on K-Book Trends. Please introduce Wisdom House to our subscribers.   The general publisher Wis...
  • VOL.54 / 2023.01
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How Korean Media Franchises Transformed the World of Books

I Read   How Korean Media Franchises Transformedthe World of Books     2026. 10     We are excited to share an article contributed by a reader in Morocco about Korean literature. Our contributor highlights a fascinating dynamic: how original books are adapted and reimagined across multiple platforms, turning imaginative worlds into vivid visual experiences. They also share how these media franchises have transformed what used to be a solitary reading experience into a shared global journey.     Pachinko (『파친코』), Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (『전지적 독자 시점』)     Dear K-Book Trends,   Discovering Korean book-based media franchises has been one of the most exciting parts of my reading journey. What starts as a simple novel or web novel often blossoms into webtoons, hit dra...
  • VOL.99 / 2026.10
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Coincidence for the Characters, Inevitable Adaptation for Web Novels

Image of K-Book   Coincidence for the Characters,Inevitable Adaptation for Web Novels     2026.08     Survey results for "From page to screen, which K-story stayed with you?"   Hae Hwa, A Business Proposal (Printed Edition), Yeondam, 2022   The question for this issue was, "What is your most memorable K-Story?" Among book-based K-Stories, the top choice selected by 36 out of 72 respondents (50%) was Business Proposal. Introduced for the first time in this year's 〈Image of K-Book〉, A Business Proposal is a web novel following Shin Ha-ri, a female protagonist who attends a blind date in place of her friend, only to discover that her date is the CEO of the company where she works.   Everything that unfolds between Shin Ha-ri (who must get rejected at all costs for her own safety) and CEO Kang Tae-moo (who is ready to marry anyo...
  • VOL.97 / 2026.08
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Mi Hyun Kim

Korean Translator   Mi Hyun Kim   2022.06.07   Mi Hyun Kim is a seasoned interpreter/translator with ten years of experience, specializing in literature, children’s books, military, and history.After graduating from Ewha Girls’ Foreign High School as a French major, she earned her B.A. in both English Language and Literature and Chinese Language and Literature from Korea University and her M.A. in Korean-English interpretation from Ewha Womans University Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation.She started as a Language Specialist at the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, headquartered in South Korea, and was later promoted to the Deputy of the Language Section. After six years, she moved on to the managerial position for the NAVER V LIVE project, in full charge of all subtitle translations?both real-time and pre-recorded?for live streaming videos of K-pop and K-drama stars such as BTS.For ten yea...
  • VOL.47 / 2022.06
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GOZKNOCK ENT

GOZKNOCK ENT How About a Genre Novel to Read on a Quiet Day?   2018.07.31   Imagine a hunter who seeks out his prey for writing, hunts it down, collects it and cooks it after. If one were to look at Gozknock ENT, they would be reminded of such a hunter, as the workers here become observers and explorers in order to find good writing. They are in their second year of existence and they already have a strong reader base and are known for their genre novels. Readers say they don’t need to think twice when it comes to books from Gozknock - they just read them. The below is a Q&A with Bae Seon-a, head of Gozknock ENT currently sprouting stories for film adaptations in a garden of content.     KPIPA Could you tell us what kind of place Gozknock ENT is?   Bae Gozknock ENT is a development company that creates original stories ready to be adapted into video, in addition to genre novels. We combined the Korean word ‘gozknock’ which means quiet, cozy with ‘ent...
  • VOL.11 / 2018.07
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2020 Publication Trends in Korea

2020 Publication Trends in Korea   2020.02.03     Korea has fully entered a low-fertility and aging society. The number of students is rapidly decreasing, and for domestic colleges, some of the majors have been taken off the curriculum or were integrated due to a lack of applicants for 2020. This trend gives birth to new keywords for the generation such as “Millennial Generation”, “Active Senior Generation” or “Senior Generation” in our society, while on the social sensitivity side, keywords from other perspectives that were not highlighted in the society such as feminism, fairness, fragmentation, double-sidedness, and growth are emerging.   Young people familiar with media will enjoy and represent the changing times with their sensibilities.   Trend Korea 2020 is an annually published book series which launched in 2009 with Trend Korea 2010. The series consists of analysis and predictions about Korean consumption trends. The b...
  • VOL.19 / 2020.02
[NEWS / PUBLISHING INDUSTRY]

Current State of Korean Publishing

Current State of Korean Publishing Overview of Korean Publishing Market   2017.6.30   To translate and publish Korean books, it is important to understand the current status of the local publishing market. This section provides macro-data and statistics on the Korean publishing industry from the perspective of publishing experts.     The unusually high ratio of education books in the market   According to “Survey of Publishing Industry in 2016” conducted by the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea, the size of the Korean publishing market is 4,278 billion KRW (excluding 1 trillion KRW of the magazine market). Approximately 59% of it consists of education books for children and adolescents. Countries with such a high proportion of education books are quite rare. This phenomenon in the publishing industry reflects the Korean social culture of high population density and college enrollment rate and the fierce competition for places at prestigious unive...
  • VOL.1 / 2017.06
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