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Book Trend in Korea Eyed by the Russian Publishing Market in the 2020s

Export Case Book Trend in Korea Eyed bythe Russian Publishing Market in the 2020s 2022.08.01 In 2021, Russia was designated as the target country of the “Visiting Korean Book Fair” hosted by the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) for the first time in the fair’s history. Even though the fair was held online due to the pandemic, it was successful enough to draw an enthusiastic response from not only Russian publishers but also Korean participants. It served as a chance for both Korean and Russian publishing companies who have been paying great attention to Korean publications to take the exchange to the next level. Also, it worked as a cornerstone for Korean books to grow further in the Russian publishing market, as a greater variety of Korean books could be exported to the Russian publishing market after the fair.The most distinguished image of Russia in the Korean publishing industry is the “country of literature.” In ...

VOL.49 / 2022.08

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Observing the Stature of K-Literature Through Foreign Literary Awards

Topic Observing the Stature of K-Literature Through Foreign Literary Awards 2021.10.05 Korean literature was first introduced to foreign countries in the late 19th century. However, it wasn’t until after works of Korean literature started receiving literary awards abroad that they were translated and published full-scale in foreign countries, attracting foreign readers and grabbing the interest of major publishers and publishing agencies in foreign countries.Some awards have been given to works of Korean literature since the early 2000s, but ever since Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-Sook received the Man Asian Literary Prize, works of Korean literature have continuously been winning literary prizes, and the number of those prizes have been increasing as well. Since 2012, when Castella by Park Min-Gyu received the Japan Translation Award in 2015, and The Vegetarian by Han Gang was the winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2016, interest in Korean li...

VOL.39 / 2021.10

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2nd Week, April 2022

Best Sellers 2nd Week, April 2022 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2022.05.02 The entire world, not just Korea, has been eyeing a particular work throughout April. It is “Pachinko,” a drama produced by Apple TV+ in the US. Taking a painful moment in history as background, it tells the story of Koreans who immigrated to Japan. The drama is based on an original novel with the same title written by Lee Min-Jin, a Korean living in the US, whose work has become a bestseller chosen by New York Times in 2017. The growing popularity of this weekly drama has made the Pachinko series rank 1st and 2nd in all four major online bookstores in Korea. Beginning with the sentence, “The history has ruined us all, but it doesn’t matter,” Pachinko narrates the lives of Koreans who immigrated to Japan, who could not blend with the locals and belonged nowhere. While the book and the drama have become hot tickets, people around the world have ...

VOL.46 / 2022.05

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2nd Week, March 2022

Best Sellers 2nd Week, March 2022 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2022.04.04 March in Korea also means “a new start” to many. New season spring comes in March, and the new semester begins in March, too. So, most Koreans clean up and make changes to parts of their houses and organize the winter clothes piled up in the closet. The publishing industry saw changes as well, just like how nature changed its clothes from white snow to green sprouts, popular books that have made makeover changes to the cover page catch our eyes on the bestsellers’ list for this month. The cherry blossom edition specially produced to mark the sales record of 400 thousand copies of the book Uncanny Convenience Store by Kim Ho-Yeon ? a beloved writer among Korean readers ? grasped readers’ attention. Also, I am Thankful for Myself, an essay published in 2016, went through a total makeover of its cover page and content. Meanwhile, We...

VOL.45 / 2022.04

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2nd Week, February 2022

Best Sellers 2nd Week, February 2022 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2022.03.07 As of February 2022, Korean readers seem to be reading books of various genres, ranging from science to humanities, self-help, and business. Among the top 10 bestsellers jointly announced by four major online bookstores in Korea, three were fiction. The Book Uncanny Convenience Store (published in April 2021) and Dollagoot Dream Department Store (first volume published in July 2020, second volume published in July 2021) have been chosen by Korean readers ever since their publication. In particular, in the case of Dollagoot Dream Department Store, the compilation edition of the two volumes has also become a bestseller, proving its massive popularity. Also, Welcome to Bookstore Hyunamdong is a newly published title in January this year, but has been largely appraised by many readers. Moreover, as a winner of the e-book publication project led by Br...

VOL.44 / 2022.03

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1st Week, December 2021

Best Sellers 1st Week, December 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2022.01.03 It's already the first week of December, when winter vacation and Christmas are just around the corner. Three books from the children's genre joined the top 10 bestsellers list announced by four major online bookstores in Korea. The first one, Dalkong's Rice Cake Shop, is the fifth story of writer Kim Ri-Ri's Manbok's Rice Cake Shop series. This series has been included in a Korean language textbook for 3rd grades in elementary school and is writing a new record of children's books for elementary graders by selling more than 800 thousand copies. Also, two new books written by Hunhan Nammae (meaning "common siblings"), popular creators on YouTube with 2.26 million subscribers, put their names on the list as well. The book Common Siblings #9 features 12 episodes uploaded on YouTube through cartoons. Also, the book Common Siblings and the Win...

VOL.42 / 2022.01

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Korean Literary Works that Have Recently Made Their Debut in France

Export Case Korean Literary Worksthat Have Recently Made Their Debut in France 2021.09.06 I’ve always kept an eye on titles newly released on the market every month or week and trends in the Korean and French book markets while introducing and translating Korean works as a member of a French publisher Philippe Picquier in charge of Korean literature collections. Knowing everything in both markets is essential for selecting and bringing Korean works that will suit the tastes of French readers. In addition, the information shared by Philippe Picquier’s head on the tastes and preferences of French readers is also extremely useful when choosing Korean works. Korean works recently published by Philippe Picquier.From left, The Prisoner, Only Two People, The Good Son, and Sword and Tongue Fiction occupies a prominent place among Korean books brought to France. Two non-fiction titles were introduced i...

VOL.38 / 2021.09

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Korean Books Loved by German Readers

Export Case Korean Books Loved by German Readers 2021.08.02 K-pop and K-drama are hot in Germany as well. According to a news article released by Yonhap News Agency on February 9 this year, the number of freshmen choosing to study Korean Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Germany, increased from 25 in 2008 to 350 in 2021. Also, we are receiving almost 200 applicants for the Korean class open at the Language Center of the Technical University of Munich each semester where I’m teaching students. On top of these two cases, I can also recall the days where we struggled and worked so hard to find a publisher that would accept our first translated book in 1993. This is why the recent boom in Germany about Korean culture, including the language and literature, is more vivid to me.Korean literature has been translated and published in Germany mainly with the support of the Daesan Foundation and the Literature Translation Institute of Korea. It received at...

VOL.37 / 2021.08

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The Korean Book Importing Success Story of Diamond, a Japanese Publisher

The Korean Book Importing Success Story of Diamond, a Japanese Publisher 2021.07.05 Why Diamond acquired the publication rights of the book, I Almost Lived Too Hard It was April 2019 when I heard about the book I Almost Lived Too Hard (Woongjin ThinkBig) (Japanese title: あやうく一生懸命生きるところだった). As soon as I saw its appealing title and theme, I was convinced that it would also sell in Japan. Books related to emotional sicknesses such as depression and stress were trending in the Japanese publishing market around that time, and there was already the atmosphere among the public that the book’s topic of “not living to the fullest” might be accepted. As I also had a time when my mind was very distressed, I wanted to present this book to people with “exhausted minds.”Besides, it was around that time that another bestselling Korean book, I Decided to Live As Myself (Woods of Mind’s Books) (Japanese title: 私は私のままで生きることにした) began ...

VOL.36 / 2021.07

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Dasan Contents Group (Dasan Books)

Korean Publishers Dasan Contents Group (Dasan Books) Sharing the Joy of Story with the Entire Human Race 2023.08.07 Since its establishment in 2004 as a publisher of business and self-help books, Dasan Books has grown rapidly based on its strong trust with authors, cooperation with various departments such as planning, marketing, and public relations, as well as its robust experience in turning many quality books into bestsellers. Not satisfied with its achievements, it is now expanding the scope of its challenges from paperback books to digital content and new media under various brands, including Dasan Books as Dasan Contents Group. Here’s a brief interview with Dasan Contents Group, which is working hard to deliver “easy, deep, and entertaining” information to readers in order to “share the joy of stories” with the entire human race. The symbol of Dasan Books and its Korean and English...

VOL.61 / 2023.08

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