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2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Humanities Books

Publishing Policy 2020-2022 Bestsellers: Korean Humanities Books 2024.01.02 Korean Humanities Bestsellers for 2020 - 2022Explore Korean humanities books that will inspire your life with rich knowledge and refined ideas! 2020 1 Broad and Shallow Knowledge for Intellectual Conversation: 0 2 You’re Always Right 3 When I Don’t Know What I Really Want 4 Broad and Shallow Knowledge for Intellectual Conversation: 1 5 ...

VOL.66 / 2024.01

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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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Summer, Between the Ideal (isang; 理想) and the Abnormal (isang; 異常)

Best Sellers Summer, Between the Ideal (isang; 理想) andthe Abnormal (isang; 異常) Bestseller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstoresin Korea for the 2nd week of July, 2025 2025.08.04 Summer in Korea is a time when weather extremes intersect, with heat waves followed by rainy seasons. This is why summer vacations are a time when people look forward to escaping both the heat and the rain. We all dream of perfect vacation plans and ideal (isang; 理想) summer days, but with the escalating abnormal (isang; 異常) climate events, expecting weather similar to the past may be more of a fantasy than a reality. In between the ideal and the abnormal, we have compiled a list of the top travel books of July, along with some of the overall bestsellers ahead of the summer vacation season.While the overall top 10 bestsellers in July remained largely unchanged from last month, Choi Tae-Sung’s Korean History Exam 2025: Advanced (Levels 1, 2, and 3) Vol. 1 and 2 rose t...

VOL.85 / 2025.08

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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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Translation and Publication Support Projects in Korea

Publishing Policy Translation and Publication Support Projects in Korea 2023.07.03 Good news for international publishers planning to translate and publish Korean books! - Translation and Publication Support Projects in Korea Various institutions in Korea have been running translation and publication projects to support international publishers planning to publish Korean books with an aim to promote Korean books to overseas markets. Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI) - 〈Translation and Publication Grants for Overseas Publishers〉 LTI provide grants for translation and publication of Korean books to extend the global reach of Korean literature. ? Eligible Applicants: Overseas publishers that have acquired the rights to Korean literary, humanities, ...

VOL.60 / 2023.07

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Reader-friendly Publication Marketing

Publishing Industry Reader-friendly Publication Marketing 2023.05.02 Readers living in 2023 no longer get the latest news through book reviews in newspapers or advertisements. Instead, most of them purchase books through influencers on Instagram, YouTube channels, and book clubs and newsletters managed by publishing houses. As a result, more readers are meeting books through faster, friendlier, and more familiar channels.As an editor making book-review magazines in online bookstores, there’s one question that I always ask readers that buy 2 to 3 books every month - “Where do you get the news about the latest books? Are there times when you buy books recommended by other readers?” As a result, heavy readers were subscribing to newsletters of at least five publishing houses and were following dozens of authors they like on Social Media. Publishing companies, of course, have ...

VOL.58 / 2023.05

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“PDF/POD” - Korean Publishing Market Develop into Diverse Formats

Publishing Industry “PDF/POD” - Korean Publishing MarketDevelop into Diverse Formats 2023.02.20 The interesting promotional text of a self-published e-book, How to Write a Profit Generating E-Book, by writer Yoo Sung-Woo says, “The secret to earning 500 million won with a 10-page PDF e-book” on the page of a crowdfunding platform Wadiz. The book successfully raised hundreds of million won of funding. Before the book was introduced to Wadiz, it was released on freelancer matching platforms, like Kmong, Taling, and Class 101, accumulating more than 500 million won in revenue. Though the book was not officially published in the market, and considering that selling 10,000 copies of a book was regarded as half of a success in the prolonged recession for publishers, an individual book recording such revenue was unprecedented. An increasing number of people collect and sell thei...

VOL.55 / 2023.02

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Will I Be Okay When I Grow Up?

New Books Will I Be Okay When I Grow Up? A reassuring guide for those facing the greatest anxiety of their lives 2025.07.07 A question that randomly arises during teenage years, a time of confusion that everyone experiences but can never be taken lightly: “Am I truly becoming an adult?” Teenagers have no choice but to struggle and lose their way, because they don’t know the path they are on. Psychologist Dr. Lee Go-Eun offers heartfelt and reassuring advice for them through her book: Will I Be Okay When I Grow Up?: A Psychologist’s Guide to the Teenage Mind MBTI, friends, empathy, love, and self-esteem - These may seem to define us, but none of them can fully capture who we truly are. The author, a doctor of psychology, confesses that she also went through the same period.“I wrote this book as if I were sitting ...

VOL.84 / 2025.07

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#AI

#K-Book #AI KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.06.02 ChatGPT: the Great Transition 1. Publication Details Title | ChatGPT: the Great TransitionAuthor | Baek Seonhwan; Kim SuminPublisher | RH KOREA CO., LTDPublication Date | 2023-03-30ISBN | 9788925576756No. of pages | 408Dimensions | 152*225 2. Book Intro ChatGPT: the Great Transition- Who Will Be the Winner of the AI War? What will be the new outlook of our society changed by AI? Kim Sumin, a UX researcher at Samsung Electronics, is an AI expert who has continuously studied human-AI interactions. Baek Seonhwan, who works in the cloud business department at Amazon has broad knowledge and experience in the IT field, particularly in machine learning and data analysis.The two interactive AI experts describe basic knowledge, technolo...

VOL.83 / 2025.06

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A Life, Once

New Books A Life, Once About my life, which can only be lived once 2025.05.07 Memoir of a Murderer, Black Flower, I Have the Right to Destroy Myself?After more than 30 years of literary work, South Korea’s leading author Kim Young-ha returns with his first essay collection in six years.This book, a compilation of articles originally serialized in “Youngha’s Weather,” a paid email subscription service, shows a surprisingly private side of the author’s life.It’s more than just a how-to manual or a guide to life - it’s the story of the author’s truthful experiences, struggles, family, and self. “Why is life so unfamiliar and yet so precious?” Moments with the author’s father and mother, anecdotes from school, favorite books and movies... The fragments of everyday life are carefully captured to bring you closer to the author. “The ...

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