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The Art of Selling Books: Innovative Strategies by Korean Booksellers

Topic   The Art of Selling Books:Innovative Strategies by Korean Booksellers   2024.11.04   You will be able to find the figures for “reading preferences” in the results of the National Reading Survey conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Korea last year. It gives a hint to the “actual” reading population based on the ratio of people liking books. The overall reading rate covering paper books, e-books, and audio books was 95.8% for elementary, middle, and high school students and 43.0% for adults; the actual reading preferences turned out to be 39.6% for students and 18.3% for adults. The actual reading rate, which means readings done autonomously, is cut in half from the overall reading rate as the overall figure includes cases in which people have to read books for necessary reasons, such as for work or educational purposes. Why do people read books, but have very few “enjoyable” experiences reading them? Well, consi...
  • VOL.76 / 2024.11
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An Encounter with Poems that Capture the Wistfulness of an Unfulfilled Youth

Book Trip   [A Trip to Literary Museums ④] An Encounter with Poems that Capturethe Wistfulness of an Unfulfilled Youth Ki Hyung-Do Literary Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Gwangmyeong-si   2024.08.05   It’s always poignant to see things end with their full potential yet to be realized. This is no exception for poets. A poet who died young, before he had even begun to fully pursue his writing endeavor, leaves a sense of wistfulness and sadness in the hearts of all readers of his poetry.In this month’s Book Trip, a city tour inspired by literature, we travel to Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, where poet Ki Hyung-Do spent his childhood. The Ki Hyung-Do Literary Museum, nestled amongst a dense apartment complex, gives city dwellers a moment to breathe in the scent of poetry. There is also a place in nearby Ki Hyung-Do Literary Museum, where you can feel the ambiance of a traditional Korean house and experience the stunning transformation of an abandoned mine. Gw...
  • VOL.73 / 2024.08
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