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K-Book in Berlin

K-Book in Berlin M&K's Monica Gu talks South Korean books   2019.09.09     It is rare for German publishers to release South Korean books.Considering this, the first exhibition for South Korean books in Germany, K-Book in Berlin embarked on a mission to spread the word about great South Korean books.     It's been three years since I came to Germany for personal reasons. As I run a publishing company in South Korea, I visit bookstores and libraries in Germany often in search of good ideas for publications. Naturally, I found myself seeking out South Korean books translated into German, and I found Han Kang's The Vegetarian (Changbi) and Jeong You-jeong's Seven Years of Darkness (Eunhaengnamu). The Literature Translation Institute of Korea played a huge role in getting these books to German readers, but usually it is rare for German publishers to publish South Korean books all on their own. Being aware of many excellent books in S...
  • VOL.15 / 2019.09
[TREND / EXPORT CASE]

e-future, a business specializing in ELT content

e-future, a business specializing in ELT content Leading the Hallyu of ELT content with the highest R&D competence   2019.09.09   Creator of the widely-acclaimed Smart Phonics series, South Korean ELT (English Language Teaching) content company e-future is leaping forward as a global English education firm, beyond South Korea's sluggish English education market.       As an ELT content specializing company, e-future has been making meaningful strides in English education. I think our readers will want to know how e-future became a major ELT content provider from a country where English is not an official language.   After e-future was established in 2000, we've been developing our own English education content for learners who live in a country where English is not the native language, called EFL (English as a Foreign Language) countries. On top of this, through continuous efforts to enter markets outside South Korea, we've succeeded in exporting our ...
  • VOL.15 / 2019.09
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

Creating a window into the future with books

Creating a window into the future with books   2020.02.03   There is a publisher that makes issue-driving books every October. It is Miraebook, with its series Trend Korea that predicts the next year trend in Korea based on the analysis of trends in the published year. Let’s take a look at Miraebook that plays a role as the window into the future, just as its name implies, and its publications.      Please introduce Miraebook to the webzine readers.   Established in 2000, Miraebook has been publishing books in various fields such as liberal arts, history, self-development, and essay, with its flagship books in economics and business administration. The name reflects the meaning that “a book is a window into the future.” The Trend Korea series has been steadily loved by readers as the representative work of us, being a bestseller every year since its first releas in 2009. It is chosen as the best trend analysis that precisely p...
  • VOL.19 / 2020.02
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN AUTHORS]

Kim Cho-Yeop

Kim Cho-Yeop Boundless imagination that soothes one’s solitude   2020.02.03   Curious title, warm and dreamy pastel-colored cover, and the future embedded inside. The short story collection If We Cannot Move at the Speed of Light (Hubble) by Kim Cho-Yeop has been a sensation since its publication. The author’s compassionate science fiction stories are based on understanding and empathy towards others.     Please briefly introduce yourself to the readers of K-Book Trends   Hello, I am Kim Cho-Yeop, the writer of the first short story collection If We Cannot Move at the Speed of Light published last year. Having majored in Chemistry, I am writing science fiction stories. It is my pleasure to be meeting readers through K-Book Trends. I hope you can all enjoy encountering new and fine works in 2020 too.   Your work If We Cannot Move at the Speed of Light has been passionately embraced by readers since its publication last year. ...
  • VOL.19 / 2020.02
[EVENT / I READ]

Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin

I Read   Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin   2023.12.04   This article is a review written by a Turkish reader ofK-Book Trends after reading a Korean book.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com   Kim Hye-Jin’s award-winning book Concerning My Daughter (Minumsa). The book’s main characters are a mother in her sixties who works as a nurse and leads a quiet life, her daughter ‘Green,’ and her daughter’s girlfriend ‘Rain.’ The author describes the mother’s collision with her daughter Green’s different lifestyle and relationship in a fluent, gripping language.   English and Korean covers of Concerning My Daughter     The term gender refers to physical, morphological, and anatomical differences (biological differences). However, gend...
  • VOL.65 / 2023.12
[INFORMATION / BEST SELLERS]

South Korean bestsellers in September

South Korean bestsellers in September Bestsellers at South Korea's biggest online bookstores, Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre   2019.10.07   Comparing online bestsellers at South Korea's Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre in the second week of September shows the same books have mostly been included on their top-selling lists. Books including Normal Siblings 1, 2, One Day I Became a Princess (luxury limited edition) and You Can Fix Your Brain were all among the top 10 bestselling books in September, showing how popular they were.Among the bestsellers at Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre, Kim Young-ha's Why Travel drew intrigue. Why Travel is now marking its fifth month after release and despite this, it was the fifth bestselling book at both Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre, showing it has been consistently loved by readers. 90's Kids Are Coming also made it onto the bestseller lists after being recommended by the South Korean president while both parts of Seol Min-seok's Roman...
  • VOL.16 / 2019.10
[REPORT / COLUMN]

A Society Easily Hurt: Readers In Search of Emotional Essays

A Society Easily Hurt: Readers In Search of Emotional Essays   2018.05.30   A list of bestselling books at times can be perceived as a miniature version of a society. Especially at times like now when far fewer people are buying books, the act of purchasing a book reflects a person's strong want to own a book even at the expense of paying one's hard-earned money. Not only do trendy books sell, but books that accurately secure society's general flow and emotions do well. From that perspective, looking at bestsellers becomes an act of analysis into a society.       At present time in 2018, emotional essays are seeing no end to their fame in South Korean bookstores. For industry leaders like Kyobo Book Centre and Aladin last year, the bestselling book in 2017 was Lee Ki-ju's Temperature of Language. The book shows very well the author's career as a speech writer for the presidential office following years as a journalist. Previously, Lee was known for his books o...
  • VOL.9 / 2018.05
[NEWS / BOOK SUMMARY]

Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation   2017.11.01   Mr. Madang’s Happy Days 1. Publication Details Imprint | Wurinabi Publishing House Title | Mr. Madang’s Happy Days Author | Hong Yeon-sik Illustrator | Hong Yeon-sik Format | 150*210 Binding | Paperback Pages | 420pages ISBN | 979-11-86843-17-8   2. Contact Name | Rosa Han Phone | +82-70-8879-7093 Email | joerosa@hanmail.net URL | http://blog.naver.com/michel61   3. About the Author / Illustrator Hong Yeon-sik studied visual arts at Korea National University of Arts and made his debut as a graphic novel artist in the New Comics Writers Contest in 1992. Hong received the New Artists Award for Kiyora in 2001, and the best manhwa award from the Manhwa Today Contest forUncomfortably and Yet Happilyin 2012. Uncomfortably and Yet Happily has been translated and published into French, and the copyright for the English language version has be...
  • VOL.6 / 2017.11
[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

I-Seum

I-Seum Standing high as children's true place of learning, a publisher specializing in children's books   2019.12.09   Mirae N's children's book publishing arm I-Seum was established in 2000. The name I-Seum means "to help children and young adults who will lead the future to create their own thoughts". The publisher has established itself in the industry as one that has succeeded in exporting learning comics, books on liberal arts and general education, workbooks for young children and other educational material. Their books have proved to be fun and useful in diverse areas. The following provides a look into I-Seum's vision for the future as a publisher that wishes to become a stepping stone for children who will create their own awesome world and a lighthouse for those children through a variety of books with new insight.   Mirae N's children's book publishing arm I-Seum    As a publisher specializing in children's books, I-Seum has bee...
  • VOL.18 / 2019.12
[TOPIC / KOREAN PUBLISHER]

Publishing Educational Materials for 40 Years “Darakwon”

Publishing Educational Materials for 40 Years “Darakwon” Bringing foreign languages to South Koreaand taking Korean to the world   2017.9.11   "Let's develop educational materials necessary for foreign language skill improvement!" Following its establishment in 1977, Darakwon has conducted its business with this motto in mind. Quickly rising among the country's foreign language learning material publishers, Darakwon also exports educational materials for learning Korean abroad. A closer look at the publisher follows, with details on how it is expanding its influence globally.     Darakwon is a medium-sized publisher that has put together and published roughly 2,000 books on learning languages. The materials it offers is diverse and languages offered include English, Japanese, Chinese, German, Arabic and Vietnamese. Also in step with the changing times, Darakwon has also development educational programs using multimedia and currently has around 200 web-based educa...
  • VOL.4 / 2017.09
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