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Publishing Industry Book Pricing Strategies in Korea 2023.07.03 Average list price of books sold in 2022 was 17,869 Korean won In Korea, books are usually sold at a fixed price. It’s because the “fixed book price policy” is implemented as the book price policy in accordance with the Publishing Industry Promotion Act. According to the Korean Publishers Association’s statistics, the average fixed price of books in Korea in 2022 was 17,869 won, 4.4% up from the previous year (17,116 won). This isn’t a sharp increase considering the international pulp prices and domestic labor costs that have been driving prices up in recent years because publishers sell books at a “competitive price” as they fiercely compete with multiple titles in the market.In the Korean publishing market, the hardback, paper...

VOL.60 / 2023.07

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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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Agency list

Agency List Agency list 2025.08.04 Abba Communication Ltd. Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts. Focused Subjects LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation Contacts ? Kim jungsukE-mail : jskim@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707-2103 / Regions : Asia, UK, USA ? Han-gyul GoE-mail : abba@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707...

VOL.85 / 2025.08

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The Trend and Prospects of the Self-help Book Market in Korea

Publishing Industry The Trend and Prospects of the Self-help Book Market in Korea 2023.06.05 The popularity of self-help books rises and falls regularly. Self-help books are currently the cradle of bestsellers in the publishing industry. And, as they can work like a magnet pulling readers to the bookstore once they go popular, it is no exaggeration to say that the genre can determine a bookstore’s sales for the year.The current self-help book craze began to heat up in the second half of last year in Korea, and it reached its peak this year. Unlike in the past, the trend these days was fueled by the recession that has made life more difficult. “As getting rich through financial investment has become impossible in this life, I’d rather raise my value through self-improvement” This phrase has become a buzzwor...

VOL.59 / 2023.06

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#Space

#K-Book #Space KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.07.07 Rocket Kid 1. Publication Details Title | Rocket KidAuthor | Kim MinwooPublisher | YellowpigPublication Date | 2023-01-16ISBN | 9791159950391No. of pages | 60Dimensions | 240*240 2. Book Intro Have you ever imagined traveling to space on a spaceship, watching a rocket soar high into the sky? Rocket Kid offers a unique and thrilling experience for children who dream of space exploration.The story revolves around a main character whose dream is to become a space captain. Every day, she envisions herself going into space on a rocket. But no one takes her enthusiasm seriously. The other kids in her class have no interest in rockets. So the space captain recruits friends who are a bit special to become members of the Space Rocket Lab. Together, they wor...

VOL.84 / 2025.07

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Agency list

Agency List Agency list 2025.07.07 Abba Communication Ltd. Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts. Focused Subjects LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation Contacts ? Kim jungsukE-mail : jskim@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707-2103 / Regions : Asia, UK, USA ? Han-gyul GoE-mail : abba@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707...

VOL.84 / 2025.07

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The Gates to K-Books

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 Literat...

VOL.53 / 2022.12

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My First Summer, Wanju

New Books My First Summer, Wanju 2025.06.02 A Thoughtful Story that Embraces Each of Our Lives and VoicesMy First Summer, Wanju The author of The Grand Greenhouse Repair Report, Kyungae’s Heart, Too Late Love, and more, Kim Keum-Hee, a writer who captures the delicate stories of the human heart, is back with a new format of “Audio Novel.” After losing it all - money, people, and her voice - voice actress Sohn Yeol-Mae heads to Wanju, the hometown of her debt-ridden senior, to find her. However, her whereabouts remain unknown, and her mother invites Sohn to stay with her as she has nowhere else to go.What kind of summer will unfold in Wanju, a small town with its own history, losses, and wounds? My First Summer, Wanju is the first work in the “Audio Novel” series from MUZE, a publishing house run by actor Park Jung-Min. It introduces a new appr...

VOL.83 / 2025.06

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Agency list

Agency List Agency list 2025.06.02 Abba Communication Ltd. Launched as a translation and interpretation agency in 204, Abba Communication (Abba here after) now also acts as a copyright agency. Abba supports young Korean publishers who are aspiring to build experiences in moving on to the international market, providing consultation on the way until they become global. Abba’s special forte is its excellent professional team with expertise in re-writing and/or editing synopses and introductions into texts both competitive and persuasive. Other services Abba provides include translating original materials and creating promotional texts. Focused Subjects LiberalArts : Biography, Management, Negotiation Contacts ? Kim jungsukE-mail : jskim@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707-2103 / Regions : Asia, UK, USA ? Han-gyul GoE-mail : abba@abbacomm.co.kr / Phone : +82-2-707...

VOL.83 / 2025.06

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