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2nd Week, July 2021

Best Sellers 2nd Week, July 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.08.02 It’s the second week of July, and the summer vacation season is back, signaling the beginning of a scalding hot summer. Comic books such as Common Siblings and The Whale Star are trending in bookstores celebrating summer vacation. These two comic series have been proving the love they receive from their readers with concrete figures, as they have been hitting the bestsellers’ list as soon as a new volume is released. The Common Siblings series gives laughter to young readers with humorously drawn episodes of “Common Siblings” uploaded on Youtube. And The Whale Star series, originally created as a webtoon, was selected as the “2020 Cartoon of the Day” last year, keeping its place among the top-tier romance webtoons on Naver.Many Korean readers are still highly interested in accumulating “wealth,” as can be seen in books about business and mo...

VOL.37 / 2021.08

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3rd Week, June 2021

3rd Week, June 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.07.05 One book topped the bestseller lists of four major online bookstores in Korea in the third week of June 2021. It is Cho Kuk’s Time, written by Cho Kuk, former Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs. It includes outspoken stories about political affairs he experienced during his term in office. It seems that readers’ curiosity towards the candid feelings of Cho Kuk surrounding several disputes has been the driving factor for its rising popularity. Other books about politics and society joined the bestsellers’ list as well. For example, Illusion of Correction is a book written by “The Guy Who Reads Youtube,” one of the major Youtube channels that introduced Jordan Peterson, the famous writer of Beyond Order, to Korea. It has been gaining great sympathy from male readers in their 20s with stories about the era where the real and fake are mixed up in chaos.Non-fic...

VOL.36 / 2021.07

[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Writer Yoo Sun-Kyong

Korean Authors Writer Yoo Sun-Kyong Facing Your Emotions and Naming Them 2022.08.01 We express our feelings through writings in the form of journals or texts. While writing, we think of words to describe the emotion with the question, “How am I feeling now?” and organize our thoughts. Words like angry, sad, or happy are used to express emotions. Still, we need more diverse expressions and phrases to describe the feeling in detail. Yoo Sun-Kyong, an author who is loved for her best sellers Emotional Vocabulary (Annes’ Library) and Vocabulary of Adults (Annes’ Library), focuses on putting names and expressions on feelings and lets readers face the feelings they disregard. So, let us take time to listen to her stories and see what our emotions tell us. We are happy to have the writer Yoo Sun-Kyong in our webzine. Please introduce yourself to our readers. Hello, readers ...

VOL.49 / 2022.08

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3rd Week, May 2021

3rd Week, May 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.06.07 A keyword that can represent the first half of 2021 in Korea would be “money.” As economic uncertainty grew due to the spread of COVID-19, more people jumped into investing in the stock market and real estate. Hence, it is not surprising to see the rising popularity of business and investment books. For example, Trading and Son, You Must Study Money joined the top 10 bestselling books for the third week of May. Trading is a guide book about how to make a profit from buying and selling stocks in certain situations. Meanwhile, as you can guess from the sub-title “5 millionaire Dad’s Realistic Lecture on the Economy,” Son, You Must Study Money teaches basic economic principles and knowhow to accumulate wealth. Korean readers’ increased interest in “wealth” is expected to continue, as supported by books in the business and investment category hitting the bestsellers’ l...

VOL.35 / 2021.06

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2nd Week, April 2021

2nd Week, April 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.05.03 Various genres of literature have been greatly beloved by readers in Korea entering the second week of a warm April. The hottest topic among all was the Young Writer Awards Collection published by Munhakdongne. The ‘Young Writer Award’ is a representative literary award in Korea that connects Korean literature and readers, while encouraging authors who have been writing for under ten years since his/her debut. Seven writers and their works have been introduced in The 12th Young Writer Awards Collection. It has ranked high on the bestsellers’ list as readers highly anticipate the new wind young writers will bring to the publishing field.New books have joined the bestsellers as well, especially heartwarming essays. For example, One Day, Death Spoke to Life is a book written by Keam Bhum-Suk, an oncologist at Seoul National University Hospital, where he describes his feel...

VOL.34 / 2021.05

[INFORMATION / GUIDE]

K-BOOK Platform User Guide

K-BOOK Platform User Guide 2021.05.03 K-BOOK Platform click : k-book.or.kr About us K-BOOK PLATFORM This website was established to enable overseas publishers to search for and discover the finest Korean publications and is operated by the KPIPA. We have selected books suitable for the global publishing market. Korean publication information will be continually updated, beginning with this initial of 1,200 publications. How to Use “KPIPA introduces Korean books suitable for global publishing markets through K-Book Platform.” Leading publications are selected, and book information is provided in English. ･ Information provided: Selling points such as author details, book overview, copyright export information, and awards history How to Use K-Book Platform 1. Search for the desired book from the website's main page. 2. Click on the cove...

VOL.34 / 2021.05

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2nd Week, March 2021

2nd Week, March 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.04.05 Economics and business administration books have been leading sellers in Korea for the second week of March 2021. While books such as The 77 Most Important Questions for Novice Stock Investors and My First Investing Lesson continuously put their names on the bestsellers’ list, House and Tax, published by the National Tax Service, has also joined the list. Produced by the central government with the growing public interest in house-related tax, this book offers a simple guideline about various taxes related to houses, from acquisition to rent, transfer, inheritance, and gift. Also, the government being the book publisher has played a critical role in boosting its popularity.Meanwhile, books of other genres such as the novel Dollagoot Dream Department Store, children’s book Common Siblings, and English vocabulary book Hackers TOEIC Vocabulary: TOEIC VOCA have been showing a co...

VOL.33 / 2021.04

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2nd Week, February 2021

2nd Week, February 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.03.08 When we look at the top 10 bestsellers analyzed by major online bookstores in Korea for the second week of 2021, half of them were from Economics & Business Administration. This implies that it has not lost its strong influence in the Korean book market. For example, My First Investing Lesson Vol 1, 2 scored high from the moment of its pre-order period. Investor Kim Jung-Hwan, the writer of this book, is a major value investor in Korea. He has been gaining public fame across the nation, which is well-reflected in his Youtube performance of recording 450K subscribers in 5 months. The book turned into an issue in the market as the news spread that he has put secrets to investment, which he said he only taught his daughter, in two volumes of a book rather than in a video. While books about economics and business administration are at the center of the bestsellers, th...

VOL.32 / 2021.03

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3rd Week, January 2021

3rd Week, January 2021 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.02.08 When we look at the integrated list of bestsellers announced by major bookstores in the first week of the new year, 2021, books in the field of economics and business administration showed strength in particular, including the top seller Top 77 Most Asked Questions from Stock Beginners, How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything, Scenario of Money, and 8 Principles of Advertising. Notably, Top 77 Most Asked Questions from Stock Beginners spoke about the things that stock beginners would be most curious about in the style of Q&A. Meanwhile, with the sub-title “Planned money does not falter,” Scenario of Money provides helpful tips and advice to those that have begun investing in the stock market or studying to increase their property. While the economics and business administration genre is dominating the bestsellers’ list, t...

VOL.31 / 2021.02

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1st Week, December 2020

1st Week, December 2020 Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2021.01.04 With another freezing cold winter settling in, the new year of 2021 has come. While various Korean books are found on the integrated list of bestsellers announced by four major online bookstores in Korea for the first week of December 2020, the top ranks were dominated by foreign books. For example, First Person Singular, the come-back novel of Haruki Murakami after 6 years, who is a Japanese writer but has a Korean fan base as well, topped the list, followed by The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel who has become a huge sensation in Korea. These are real examples of Korean readers’ enthusiasm towards new works of popular overseas writers.Recently in Korea, books related to stocks and investment are at the center of attention, reflecting the uncertain economic market due to the pandemic while in line with the end-of-the-year seas...

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