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[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Writer Lee Hee-Young For Incomplete Teens that Need Unconditional Consolation 2021.02.08 Beginning with her first Rookie of the Year Award at the 1st Kim Seung-Ok Literary Award in 2013, writer Lee Hee-Young has become a leader in the teen novel market with several other awards, including the 10th 5.18 Literary Award for novels, grand prize at the 3rd Deungdae Literature Award, excellence prize at the KB Creative Writing Contest, and the 12th Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Rather than “pretending” to understand, sympathize with, and know about teens, writer Lee Hee-Young hopes to become their friend that walks beside them, finding the common “teen” area they share. Please introduce yourself to our subscribers. Hello, I am Lee Hee-Young. I mainly write about teens and the world seen from their view. But my only son tells me all the time like, “Mom, please have some interest in your real teen, not only those in your novels...

VOL.31 / 2021.02

[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Hyang Publishing House

Hyang Publishing House Picture Books with Colorful Scents 2021.01.04 Hyang Publishing House is a one-person publisher that opened in October last year. It has published 11 picture books up to date, and their achievements are jaw-dropping coming from a new-born publisher. The creative workshop for picture books “Picture Book Hyang” run by the publisher’s leader has given birth to numerous outstanding talents who have gone on to win the Bologna Ragazzi Award each year. Hyang Publishing House takes a new perspective towards the world and chooses authors and works by discovering new writers with unique artistic talents. Following is an interview with Kim Hyang-Soo, the head of Hyang, which boasts high-quality picture books published with rather picky standards. Please introduce Hyang to our readers. As a former head of Picture Book Hyang, I have been publishing picture books ever since I set up Hyang Publishing House in October 2019. We have a ...

VOL.30 / 2021.01

[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Writer Cheon Seon-Ran

Writer Cheon Seon-Ran A Rising Star in Science Fiction, Bridging Imagination and Reality 2021.01.04 Writer Cheon Seon-Ran, whose eyes would shine brightly while reading science newspapers, is a rising star in SF novels. Making her extraordinary debut after winning first place in SF novels with her nuclear-apocalypse series A Broken Bridge (Gravity Books) in BritG, an online web-novel platform in March last year, and making an official publication in September. Adding to this magnificent career, she won the 4th Korean Science Literature Award with her A Thousand Blues (Hubble) this year. Following is an interview with writer Cheon Seon-Ran who writes stories bridging imagination and reality. I want to write stories that linger in one’s heart, no matter how many. Please introduce yourself to our subscribers. Hello, I am Cheon Seon-Ran, a novelist. My major field is science fiction, but I am also w...

VOL.30 / 2021.01

[EVENT / K-READER]

Belong Nowhere to Belong Everywhere

K-reader Belong Nowhere to Belong Everywhere After reading Melanin 2024.12.02 In this article, Korean readers of K-Book Trends recommend Korean books they have read to international readers.If you would like to recommend a Korean book that impressed you to international readers,please send us an email to the address below!kbooktrends@gmail.com Melanin When I found out that Melanin (Hankyoreh Publishing) was a story about “someone born with blue skin,” I expected it to be about SF or superpowers. I assumed that it would be about a new species different from an ordinary human being, thinking of “Mystic” from the movie “X-Men.” But, I was completely wrong ? I also realized that I had prejudice and discriminative thoughts inside me. Even if the protagonist was born with blue skin, he was a human being just like us. No matter what skin we mig...

VOL.77 / 2024.12

[INFORMATION / INFO]

2020 Online Meetings with Indonesian Publishers

2020 Online Meetings with Indonesian Publishers 2020.06.01 Photos from the “I Love Korea, I Love K-Book 2018” The Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) was planning to host the “I Love Korea, I Love K-Book 2020” in Jakarta, Indonesia, which was picked as one of the major markets for Korean publishers. However, as border measures were strengthened across the world due to COVID-19, the planned offline meeting was changed to a video conference. This is the first time for the book fair to be conducted online. Major Indonesian publishers, including Kompas Gramedia Group and Mizan Group, are set to join the online meetings. Purpose To support Korean publishers having difficulty exporting publications due to the spread of COVID-19, and to promote export of Korean publication contents...

VOL.23 / 2020.06

[NEWS / BOOK SUMMARY]

Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation 2017.6.30 Laziness Is a Habit 1. Publisher Sigongsa Co. Ltd.http://www.sigongsa.com/main/main.php 2. Publication Title | Laziness Is a HabitAuthor | Myeong-gi Choi 3. Book Details Pages | 264Format | 146?215 (mm, width?length)Binding | PaperbackPublication Date | January 5, 2017ISBN | 9788952777768 4. Point of Contact Name | Sunju Jung Phone | +82-2-2-46-2895 E-mail | alliswell1224@sigongsa.com 5. Marketing Information Rights Sold | Thailand, Indonesia Copies Printed, Sales Rank | A best seller in the self-help category Subject | Escaping from lethargy and short-lived resolutions and reclaiming control over one’s life Target Readers | Anyone who wants a complete hold on their life Media Reviews & Advertisement Copy | Putting things off only to regret it later: the problem is your emotions! How to fix the habit of procrastination, which cannot b...

VOL.1 / 2017.06

[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

[NEWS / BOOK SUMMARY]

Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation 2018.07.31 Sandstorm 1. Publication Details Imprint | SIGONGSA Co., Ltd.Title | SandstormAuthor | Jin-ki DoFormat | 130*203Pages | 352 pages ISBN | 978-89-5277-868-0 2. Contact Name | Sunju JungPhone | +82-2-2046-2895Email | alliswell1224@sigongsa.comURL | http://www.sigongsa.com/main/main.php 3. Marketing Information Media Review and Advertisement | Korean-style mystery fiction, revived and evolved.Author Jin-ki Do’s fourth title in the “Jinu Series.” 4. About the Author After completing bachelor’s and master’s courses at the Seoul National University School of Law, Jin-ki Do served as the presiding judge of Seoul District Court. At present, he divides his time between practicing law and writing mystery fiction. Do debuted in 2010, when his short story Choices received the New Mystery Writer Award from the Korea Mystery Writers Associat...

VOL.11 / 2018.07

[TOPIC / SPECIAL]

Agencies talk actual copyright export cases

Agencies talk actual copyright export cases 2018.01 It is a well known fact South Korea's copyrights are being exported actively throughout the globe. However, it is difficult to know in detail what books are being sold into which countries and how. This is because the information is directly connected to the business operations of agencies that are involved in intermediating export deals. It is also because so many books are being exported to other countries simultaneously.In our January webzine, we will look at what kinds of content have been exported so far including literature, children's books, practical books, series, comics, webtoons and language education workbooks. Through these detailed examples from agencies, readers will even be able to find tips they would not have found out about without having gone through the export process themselves. Table of Contents 1. Literature - Joseph Lee, President of KL Management 2. C...

VOL.8 / 2018.01

[TREND / TOPIC]

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

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