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Korea’s Publishing Trend - The World Literature Complete Collection

Topic   Korea’s Publishing Trend- The World Literature Complete Collection   2022.05.02   At the end of a recently finished drama, “Our Beloved Summer,” a book titled I Like Early Summer written by Lee Na-Eun, was shown. The book does not exist in reality since it was a prop. The name Lee Na-Eun was the name of the drama's screenwriter. The book continuously shows itself as one of the key items connecting the main characters. It revealed itself in the last episode as a gift to viewers.Many viewers would have noticed that the book is similar to Minumsa Publishing Company's World Literature Series. The upper half is filled with a drawing, and the lower half is covered with a white background and a single-colored title. The cover's structure is a symbol of Minumsa's collection. The fact that people recognized the book by its cover shows how much Koreans are familiar with the collection.   In the drama, “Our Beloved Summer,” a book th...
  • VOL.46 / 2022.05
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Dollagoot Dream Department Store in the Taiwanese Publishing Market

Export Case   Dollagoot Dream Department Store in theTaiwanese Publishing Market   2022.05.02   Taiwanese cover of Dollagoot Dream Department Store     The motive for publishing a Korean book   Solo Press (寂寞出版社行), which published Dollagoot Dream Department Store (Sam & Parkers) in Taiwan, was established in 2008. We have been introducing fresh and new works covering unique subjects from around the world in the vast ocean of literature for Taiwanese readers. Also, we have published global bestsellers such as The Millennium Series, The Girl on the Train, and S.. This was not the first time that the Eurasian Press Publishing Group, a mother company of Solo Press, introduced Korean fiction to Taiwanese readers. Before Dollagoot Dream Department Store, it has translated and published Please Look After Mom (Changbi) by Shin Kyung-Sook in Taiwan as well.When we first came across...
  • VOL.46 / 2022.05
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Secondhand Bookstore Manager’s Pick

One-Liner Quotes   Secondhand Bookstore Manager’s Pick   2022.05.02   Before I began to work at a secondhand bookstore, I used to visit Japan and have chats with people working at used bookstores. They were mostly on the books, but sometimes we moved on to talking about the language itself. If you think of a secondhand bookstore in Tokyo, the first regions that come to mind would be Jinbocho or Kanda. But after discovering that there are unique used bookstores around the central subway line, I traveled to the suburbs of Tokyo.Then, one day, a worker at a secondhand bookstore near the central subway asked me to recommend him a Korean book. The bookstore he was at was a popular spot for foreign students studying at nearby universities, most of whom are from different countries and are great fans of Korean dramas. So, taking this as a chance, he created a group with some like-minded customers to study the Korean language and wanted me to recommend a...
  • VOL.46 / 2022.05
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The Comeback of Best-selling Books is Thanks to Youtube

Topic   The Comeback of Best-selling Books is Thanks to Youtube   2022.03.07   “Try this.”It’s not some random street vendor tempting tourists to try Dalgona using Squid Game’s popularity. Winter Bookstore, one of the most popular BookTubers (Book + Youtuber) with 230K subscribers, posted a video introducing a book. Her influence is truly colossal.The book she introduced was Why Fish Don’t Exist, a non-fiction book written by US science journalist Lulu Miller. Let’s go back to the starting point to see how it became popular. The book was published on December 17, 2021, and it did not gain much popularity in Korea at first. Lulu Miller was a new science journalist and a writer just introduced to Korean readers. Though the book contains excellent writing and exciting stories, the one-person publisher, Gom Books, did not have the marketing power to make the book popular. Why Fish Don’t Exist was reviewed in major newspapers several times, but the public did n...
  • VOL.44 / 2022.03
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Movie Critic’s Pick

One-Liner Quotes   Movie Critic’s Pick   2022.01.03     Though Korean literature never won a Nobel Prize (I believe it is not a big deal), there are countless great pieces. Many literary works will deliver globally appealing stories as Koreans have gone through overwhelming events. Modern Korean history is full of incidents and has been written into works of literature thanks to the writers' efforts to reflect their experience of overcoming catastrophic events. Koreans experienced war, poverty, dictatorship, and the democratic movement in a short period. Hence, it is only natural for novelists to capture the times in their works.North and South (Moonji Publishing Company), written by Hong Sung-won, is one of the masterpieces that the world would recognize. This saga was written in 1977 and showed the Korean war, the horrific fall of humans as a species, and the tenacious vitality that regenerates life as characters overcome ...
  • VOL.42 / 2022.01
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Wonju, Gangwon-do

Book Trip   Wonju, Gangwon-do Filled with Pride as the UNESCO City of Literature   2021.12.06     Boasting well-preserved exquisite natural scenery, Wonju is home to a number of temples, including Sangwonsa and Guryongsa, Chiaksan Mountain with a marvelous mountainous landscape, and great tourist sites such as rail bikes in the Ganhyeon Tourist Area and the Sogeumgang Valley Suspension Bridge. The region also has literary elements that make it more proud. Pak Kyong-Ni, the master of modern Korean literature and the writer of the Toji series, a steady bestseller, completed the series and spent the rest of her life in Wonju. Her house is still preserved, and the surrounding region is organized around the Pak Kyongni House. This makes it enough to call Wonju the home of literature. UNESCO has also recognized such literary resources of Wonju. The UCCN (UNESCO Creative Cities Network), a global platform under UNESCO, selects cities with creativity and potential every 2 ...
  • VOL.41 / 2021.12
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Korean Novelist’s Pick

One-Liner Quotes   Korean Novelist’s Pick   2021.12.06     The Korean History on the Table (Humanist), written by Joo Young-Ha with a sub-title "The 20th Century Cultural History of Korean Food," is an encyclopedia of various menus that represent Korean food, from food for common people such as “Seolleongtang (ox bone soup)”, “Yukgaejang (spicy beef soup)”, and “Chueotang (loach soup)”, to traditional court foods such as “Sinseollo (royal hot pot)”, “Gujeolpan (nine different ingredients assorted on a wooden plate in an octagon shape)”, and “Tangpyeongchae (mung bean jelly salad).” It also talks about stories about bars downtown where people used to enjoy food and high-grade Korean restaurants where people of high social status went. However, this is not the main topic of the book. The book helps readers understand the turbulent modern history of Korea. Symbolic foods have appeared in all moments of Korean histor...
  • VOL.41 / 2021.12
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Writer Kim Ki-Tae

Korean Authors   Writer Kim Ki-Tae The birth of a storyteller who creates intriguing stories out of ordinary daily lives   2024.09.02   The emergence of an exceptionally talented writer is like a blessing in the literary circle. This is because they enrich the publishing market with works that resonate with and support many readers. Kim Ki-Tae debuted in 2022 and quickly became a bestselling author by publishing several short stories. His first novel, The International for Two (Munhakdongne Publishing), which features the lives of various people living the most ordinary lives and maximizes novelistic pleasure and immersion in the work with solid sentences, has officially announced the emergence of a powerful new talent who will surely influence our time. Following is an interview with Kim Ki-Tae, a confident new writer who supports ordinary life through his works.       It’s an honor to h...
  • VOL.74 / 2024.09
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Jumping Books Publishing House

Korean Publishers   Jumping Books Publishing House The joy of jumping into books   2024.03.11   The adolescent period shines brightly because it’s a time when the doors are wide open to whatever you can dream of. And Jumping Books Publishing House, which publishes books for teenagers, has also been shining in a variety of fields, including fiction, non-fiction, humanities, and liberal arts. In addition to publishing books for teenagers, Jumping Books Publishing House is special in that it is a one-man publishing company. It is because the publisher’s CEO does not fear changes and has a love for books - as a film major, he has moved from a film company to a broadcasting station to a publisher, and from an editor to the head of a one-man publishing company. Following is an interview with Lee Hye-Jae, the CEO of Jumping Books Publishing House, who has already published 17 titles since its founding in 2021, enjoying the joy of “jumping into books,” i...
  • VOL.68 / 2024.03
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Writer Kim Hwa-Jin

Korean Authors   Writer Kim Hwa-Jin The mind of reading, writing, and making books   2024.03.11   At the start of every year, Korea searches for new stars of Korean literature through Shinchunmunye, an annual spring literary contest organized by Korean media outlets that openly accepts literary entries and promotes new writers. As long as the program has existed, it has discovered many outstanding literary figures and reflected the characteristics of each era. Writer Kim Hwa-Jin, who debuted in 2021 through Shinchunmunye and won the Today's Writer Award in 2023 with her first short story collection, including the work that won the contest, is recognized as a young writer who best captures the current era. As a reader, writer, and literary editor, she is a person who is sincere about reading, writing, and making books. That is what makes Kim Hwa-Jin’s appearance all the more welcome to literary readers. The following is an interview with Kim Hwa-Jin,...
  • VOL.68 / 2024.03
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