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2023 Publishing Statistics & 2024 Publishing Market Outlook

Publishing Industry   2023 Trends in the Korean Publishing Market and 2024 Forecast   2024.01.02         2023 Trends: Growth in self-help, comics, and parenting books   As the COVID-19 pandemic turned endemic in the spring of 2023, travel books saw a resurgence in popularity. The popularity of anime such as Slam Dunk has led to increased sales of manga, and popular YouTubers have joined the publishing market using manga characters. In addition, books by popular writers for grown-up readers, such as physicist Kim Sang-Wook, have been transformed into children’s educational comics.   * K-Book Trends Vol. 42 ? Go to the interview of writer Kim Sang-Wook   In addition, despite recording the world’s lowest birth rate, the popularity of books on raising children in Korea has increased. While the market for marriage,...
  • VOL.66 / 2024.01
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Korean Libraries’ Various Book-reading Activities and Cooperation Efforts with the Publishing Industry

Publishing Industry   Korean Libraries’ Various Book-reading Activitiesand Cooperation Efforts with the Publishing Industry   2023.11.06         Libraries are public service organizations that are easily accessible to anyone in their daily lives when it comes to reading activities. The Korean Library Act also defines a library as a place that contributes to the promotion of reading culture based on library materials. After the Korean government designated 1993 as the “Year of Books,” the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and publishing organizations carried out vigorous campaigns to promote reading among the public. They pushed for the enactment of the “Reading Promotion Act (tentative title)” as a basis for more systematic and continuous promotion. In the process, as discussions progressed with the library community, the Li...
  • VOL.64 / 2023.11
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2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Fiction

Publishing Policy   2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Fiction   2023.10.04                                 Bestsellers in Korean Fiction from 2020 to 2022Let’s take a look at which books were loved by readers, as well as those that were noteworthy in each year!   2020 1 Dallergut Dream Department Store 2 Almond 3 If We Cannot Move at the Speed of Light 3 I’ll Find You on a Beautiful Day 5 School Nurse Ahn Eunyoung ...
  • VOL.63 / 2023.10
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Forecast of the Times: The Emergence of Light Civilization

New Books   Forecast of the Times: The Emergence of Light Civilization The era when massive, heavy bodies become smaller and lighter   2025.10.02                     Since the Industrial Revolution, the mass production system that made producing more things at a faster pace, and the organizations that grew as large as the technology itself, have defined the “heavy civilization” that dominated our society for the past 200 years. However, with the advent of AI, the diligent and hardworking life has become the very symbol of inefficiency. Now, it is not the size or weight of the economy that matters, but the speed of response to change. This is because humans can never match the speed and productivity of AI.   “The people of this planet, who maintained competitiveness by sleeping less, working harder, and pushing further than others, are now beginning to feel powerless.” - from the book   Fo...
  • VOL.87 / 2025.10
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KPIPA Organizes “Korea Rights Centre” at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair

Info   For the reignition of enthusiasm for K-Books, KPIPA Organizes“Korea Rights Centre” at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair   2025.10.02                 The world’s largest book fair, the Frankfurt Book Fair, is opening its doors. - Frankfurt Book Fair offers a global stage for promoting the export of Korean publishing content and strengthening the capacity of Korean publishers. To carry forward the growing global enthusiasm for K-Books, we are heading to Frankfurt, Germany. Through the promotion of Korean publishing culture and industry, we aim to elevate Korea’s presence and build strong global publishing business networks.   ? Period: October 15 (Wed.) - 19 (Sun.), 2025 ? Venue: Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany   At this year’s fair, 15 Korean publishing companies, 41 consignment publishers, and 101 Korean titles will meet with international publishing part...
  • VOL.87 / 2025.10
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#Economy

#K-Book   #Economy KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.09.04   The Hidden Economics of Convenience Stores 1. Publication Details   Title | The Hidden Economics of Convenience StoresAuthor | Goyangi Dabang (Cat Caf?); Jeong YeonsookPublisher | Bear Books Inc.Publication Date | 2023-06-30ISBN | 9791158364113No. of pages | 120Dimensions | 165*220   2. Book Intro   The Hidden Economics of Convenience Stores is an educational book designed to be easy and engaging and aims to introduce young readers to the economic concepts hidden within the familiar setting of a convenience store.The story revolves around Baeknyangi, a white cat with a profound love of convenience stores. Whether it’s just to gaze at the salmon roll cake that he longs to buy or to complete a school assignment, Baeknyangi has made it a habit to stop by the convenience store every day. His frequent visits l...
  • VOL.86 / 2025.09
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Today and Future of Korean Digital Publishing

Publishing Industry   Today and Future of Korean Digital Publishing   2023.08.07         The COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020 has also brought about major changes in the digital publishing industry. Most importantly, it accelerated the AI digital textbook project, which nobody knew when it would gain a boost. It was also the trigger that facilitated digital transformation and digital convergence in the publishing industry.The digital publishing industry in Korea has been developing for the past decade through continuous transformations. The iBooks Store - an e-book distribution market launched by Apple and Amazon Kindle ? Amazon’s self-publishing service opened a full-fledged e-book publishing market in Korea. Many digital publishing start-ups joined the industry. There, major issues in the publishing industry were ...
  • VOL.61 / 2023.08
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Book Pricing Strategies in Korea

Publishing Industry   Book Pricing Strategies in Korea   2023.07.03         Average list price of books sold in 2022 was 17,869 Korean won   In Korea, books are usually sold at a fixed price. It’s because the “fixed book price policy” is implemented as the book price policy in accordance with the Publishing Industry Promotion Act. According to the Korean Publishers Association’s statistics, the average fixed price of books in Korea in 2022 was 17,869 won, 4.4% up from the previous year (17,116 won). This isn’t a sharp increase considering the international pulp prices and domestic labor costs that have been driving prices up in recent years because publishers sell books at a “competitive price” as they fiercely compete with multiple titles in the market.In the Korean publishing market, the hardback, paper...
  • VOL.60 / 2023.07
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#Vacation

#K-Book   #Vacation KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.08.04   The Summer of a Mole 1. Publication Details   Title | The Summer of a MoleAuthor | Kim SangkeunPublisher | SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.Publication Date | 2022-08-05ISBN | 9791160949599No. of pages | 56Dimensions | 221*247   2. Book Intro   A friendly saying by grandma opens the beginning of the summer in a long time. In the forest where a mole family lives, many animals are ready for the summer vacation. The mole also leaves his boring work ? digging the ground- behind, and heads towards somewhere for vacation. Then, he meets his first destiny under the shade of a tree. He thinks he is sitting on the ground, but it turns out to be the back of a turtle. The sweet mole has decided the sea is today’s destination as the turtle is accompanying him to help him...
  • VOL.85 / 2025.08
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2025 IBBY Asia-Pacific Regional Conference is Coming Up

Info   2025 IBBY Asia-Pacific Regional Conference is Coming Up Living in Harmony with Our Planet It is high time that we seek ways to live in harmony with our planet   2025.08.04                 In recent years, Korean children’s and young adult literature has been gaining international attention. This event marks the first IBBY Asia-Pacific Regional Conference to be held in Korea, providing an opportunity to reaffirm the global growth of children’s and youth literature and books. In August 2025, We invite you to the IBBY Asia-Pacific Regional Conference to be held for the first time in Korea!   Period?August 30-31, 2025Venue?Suwon Convention Center   The theme of this year’s conference is “Living in Harmony with Our Planet.” We aim to explore ways to co-exist with the ecosystems of our planet for our children and adolescents, who will inhabit this planet longer than we will.   ? Storie...
  • VOL.85 / 2025.08
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