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Publishing Policy The Gates to K-Books 2022.12.05 Meet Korean book content wherever you are in the world! - The Gates to K-Books K-BOOK, an English platform serviced by KPIPA K-BOOK provides: » Information about authors and publishers » History of copyright export » Copyright Contact K-BOOK also offers information about Korean books in English so foreign publishers can get a better grip on data about Korean publications! We would also like to introduce various other websites that promote Korean books around the world! THE KOREA SOCIETY #Stronger Korea-US ties #News about Korean literature A non-profit media organization in the US, run to improve the Korea-US relationship. The newest information in the Korean publishing industry can be acquired in the Lite...

VOL.53 / 2022.12

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MCST Announces the 2022-2026 Publishing Industry Promotion Plan

Publishing Industry MCST Announces the 2022-2026 PublishingIndustry Promotion Plan Fostering K-Culture through Books and Building a Cultural Powerhouse through Publishing 2022.11.07 “Books” are the core content that has been with humanity for a long period of time. However, the domain of each type of content and the boundary between them have become unclear these days. Today, publishers are not just coming up with publishable content, but are expanding their business into e-books and audiobooks, not to mention other cultural fields such as the film, game, and music industries. As such, the publishing industry takes on different content-based roles, crossing the traditional frontier of “print books.”However, unlike the diversified channels for publishing content, readership is falling every year. People now prefer video services like TV, YouTube, and Netflix rather than books. The average annual percentage of Koreans reading books is 47.5...

VOL.52 / 2022.11

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Publishers’ Book Clubs

Publishing Policy Publishers’ Book Clubs 2022.11.07 Where the hearts of book lovers gather: Publishers’ Book Clubs Book clubs are a paid service run by publishers to offer a high-quality reading environment to readers. At book clubs, you can: • Read books and share opinions with various people • Find a hidden story in the book that you read • Purchase merchandise related to the books you read Read with a loving mind for books, and start a new reading life!We introduce to you various book clubs run by publishing houses in Korea! Minum Book Club - Share opinions with other readers - Participate in book talks with authors and lectures - Get 3 book-club edition books and 3 giveaway books ...

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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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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 ...

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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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_...

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Korea’s Writing Platforms

Publishing Industry Korea’s Writing Platforms 2022.07.04 In the book Writing Space, Jay David Bolter says that writing technologies realize the writing space. In other words, the writing tools, materials used, cultural selection, and social customs significantly impact the writer’s writing style and content. As a result, changes in writers’ works will be more evident in a different environment in the long run. After the Digital Revolution, people write about their daily lives more on screens than on paper, and people are moving from offline to online at an astoundingly fast pace.With changes in writing space, the pathway to publishing books is also changing rapidly. In the past, writers won literary awards, submitted to publishers, or were recommended by acquaintances before publishing their works in paper books. In contrast, writers nowadays increasingly publish their writings on online writing platforms first, get found by editors, and ...

VOL.48 / 2022.07

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Various Book Festivals in Korea

Publishing Policy Various Book Festivals in Korea 2022.07.04 Love for books flows into festivals - Various Book Festivals in Korea“Turning crisis into opportunity.” Here are a few of the book festivals that take place in Korea that underwent a complete transformation after COVID! #Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF)_Where authors and readers meet around books✓ New technologies and information related to publishing✓ An exchange hub for both Korean and foreign copyrights✓ sibf.or.kr/2022✓ +82-2-733-8402 #Paju Booksori_A book festival held in Paju, the city of culture and art✓ The biggest knowledge festival in Korea✓ Set to be held in October 2022✓ pajubooksori.kr✓ +82-31-940-4721 #Seoul Wow Book Festival_A festival for all ages held in front of Hongik University✓ A festival of books, culture, and art centered on readers✓ Set to be...

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