VOL.69/2024.04

 

#Start

KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform

2024.02.19

 

I’ll Go Step by Step Until I Get There

1. Publication Details

 

Title | I’ll Go Step by Step Until I Get There
Author | Ra Heeduk
Publisher | dalpublishers
Publication Date | 2017-03-31
ISBN | 9791158160586
No. of pages | 208
Dimensions | 140 * 200

 

2. Book Intro

 

Ra Heeduk has put the ordinary landscape of her daily life into words, making them shine as a pearl found in a mudflat. If capturing fleeting moments through one’s own eyes and interpreting all the mysterious things in the world with language is what poets do, they will catch what they see even while walking the trails through their delicate and warm glances.
Ra saw the back of an old man walking with a cane, the back of an old woman sitting in the shade, and the back of a couple hugging each other, and thought of the frail back that all humans have. A person who lives on the streets with a dog and the “mother of pigeons” who displays pigeons made of felt also prompted the poet to feel the warm hearts of people that care about animals. Ra has occasionally followed the footsteps of artists who lived miserable lives and died young, such as Franz Kafka, Van Gogh, and Anne Frank. Ra also encountered an old man in Sorokdo Island who had stunted fingers from leprosy and a treasure hunter who was searching for something at a beach on a summer night.
The landscape, people, and objects that the poet has portrayed all have their own distinctive colors and stories. The poet’s eyes havev captured scenes that one may easily pass by. The things that are around us but not so noticeable shine brightly in this book and catch our eyes. The scenes reinterpreted by the poet and put into poetic words will also touch readers deeply inside their hearts without any exaggeration or flowery description.

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I Start My Day at 4:30 AM

1. Publication Details

 

Title | I Start My Day at 4:30 AM
Subtitle | The one habit to make your day twice as productive
Author | Kim Yoojin
Publisher | Tornado MediaGroup
Publication Date | 2020-10-20
ISBN | 9791158511906
No. of pages | 256
Dimensions | 138 * 200

 

2. Book Intro

 

Kim expresses the time she gains by waking up early as “the time when I take charge.” She spends this time as she pleases, totally undisturbed by unexpected appointments and other work. This ordinary habit of simply utilizing those two hours before work makes it possible to create a turning point in life without doing anything special or extraordinary.
This book is about the potential of the morning—something through which the author was able to withstand the struggles of studying abroad, pass bar exams in two different U.S. states, and enrich her life through various other challenges. This book presents specific methods through which one can practice a morning lifestyle and utilize the time they’re given at daybreak.

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The True Beginning

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The True Beginning
Author | Park Nohae
Publisher | Slow Walking
Publication Date | 2016-05-24
ISBN | 9788991418219
No. of pages | 144
Dimensions | 128 * 207

 

2. Book Intro

 

“In the winter that year‚ my beginning was my defeat. My defeat was my true beginning”(Park Nohae). In 1991, when socialism collapsed along with its ideal of human liberation‚ Park was sentenced to death. At that moment‚ he wrote about the “beginning” at the “end of life”‚ the end of all things. The true hope has brought up in such agony and despair that a person could hardly endure. Let’s meet with the courage to begin again.

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Bloomed

 

Title | Bloomed
Author | Hyo-jeong Kim
Publisher | Blue Bicycle Publishing Co.
Publication Date | 2018-03-01
ISBN | 9791188609062
No. of pages | 40
Dimensions | 220 * 255

 

2. Book Intro

 

The story of special flower seeds that fly here and there in warm spring and get ready to bloom on the ground, on the water, and in unexpected places. There are many beautiful, dazzling flowers with wonderful fragrances. But, anything and anybody can be a flower that moves your heart even without a scent or makes your heart warm even if it’s not fancy. In life, we always need to make choices, and this book shows the importance of having a trust in ourselves and our choices and waiting patiently. When a flower seed overcomes fear and temptation, has a faith in its choice and waits patiently, it blooms into a special flower that looks different from other flowers, but makes people smile and warms up their hearts. Enjoy the story of special flower seeds getting ready to bloom, and let yourself bloom at the same time.

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The Power to Just Start

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The Power to Just Start
Subtitle | How to Stop Overthinking Things and Just Act
Author | Heechulism (Yoon Heechul)
Publisher | Sam & Parkers Co., Ltd.
Publication Date | 2020-07-31
ISBN | 9791190931007
No. of pages | 240
Dimensions | 140 * 205

 

2. Book Intro

 

For you, who can’t start anything if you’re not perfectly prepared,
“Just start! An opportunity you never dreamed of will come!”

 

- Started out without any capital and earned a profit of 100 million won in six months
- A creator of cultural content that 500,000 viewers rave over
- The best motivational content attracting 120 million views

 

There are many people who can’t even start anything that they want to do because they think too much before they act. But is there such a thing as a perfect time to start anything? The most certain way to gain something you want is to just start, face the challenges as they come and complete it.
This book describes how the writer, who couldn’t speak a word of English, earned a net profit of 100 million won in just six months with an English learning business he launched in his junior year in university and became a creator of a cultural-content YouTube channel that has amassed over 500,000 subscribers. It tells the story of how he led his life toward a better direction with his exceptional drive and confidence.
Hundreds of thousands of people who watched Yoon pioneer his life in the hundreds of video clips he posted on his YouTube channel, Heechulism, from his early twenties until now, just over thirty, say that they receive a positive stimulus, that they are motivated and find courage thanks to his story.

 

Prologue: In Search of Every Individual’s “-ism”
Chapter 1: Will It Succeed? I’ll Know When I Try!-For You Who Are Worried, But Won’t Do Anything
Chapter 2: Business Isn’t Just for Second-Generation Chaebols-A Very Small Business of Your Own
Chapter 3: Thank You for the Wound-The World and Every Person Who Shakes You
Chapter 4: I Changed My Mind-Breaking away from the Stereotypes and Prejudice that Lock You in
Chapter 5: I Can Live Like This-The Various Ways of Life I Encountered in the World
Chapter 6: Nice to Meet You-Fostering Relationships that Enrich Your Life
Epilogue: Looking Forward to a Tomorrow, of Which I Have No Clue About

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Mrs. Serious and easy-going son

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Mrs. Serious and easy-going son
Author | Jin Sookyoung
Publisher | A thousand hope
Publication Date | 2022-02-28
ISBN | 9791165732226
No. of pages | 40
Dimensions | 220 * 250

 

2. Book Intro

 

It is Tae-pyung’s first month in elementary school! Grade school is very different from kindergarten. There are many things to take care of, learn, and do on his own. The boy makes many mistakes, but it’s alright because the first time is always the hardest for everyone. Day by day, little by little, school life will become more enjoyable.
As for Mrs. Serious, it has been a month since she joined a new company. It’s not easy for her since she’s returned to work after a long break. There are a lot of things to learn. She makes mistakes even with simple tasks, but it’s okay. She’ll learn step by step and become better at her job.

 

“The first time is the hardest for everyone. It is okay; you’ve done well!”
A picture book that cheers for every new student and working mom.
The first time is an unfamiliar, frightening moment for anyone. Especially for children, entering elementary school is a significant change and challenge. This picture book depicts the struggles of a mother and a child adapting to their new environments at school and at work. Tae-pyung and his mother want to be good at new tasks, but they keep making mistakes even with small things. Repeated mistakes can be discouraging, but the two say to themselves, “The first time is the hardest for everyone. It is okay; you’ve done well!” These are the words Tae-pyung and his mother say to each other and their readers. This delightful picture book sends warm consolation and support to children and working moms who feel uneasy before new beginnings.

 

A magical picture book that helps a child and his mother better understand each other.
Rather than telling a story just from a child’s or a mother’s point of view, this book skillfully interweaves two people’s stories as they enter a new school and job. With intersecting stories, a boy and his mother narrate their daily routines from the first-person point of view, offering vivid depictions of school and work life. Furthermore, the similar images and timelines, such as classroom and office, lunch breaks, and restrooms, place the boy and his mother in similar situations, forming the bridge to a greater understanding between the two. A child will be comforted by reading this book and thinking, “Mom has difficulties and makes mistakes, too, when starting something new.” This book gives a child and a mother a magical time to understand each other’s situation, build empathy, and confirm love.

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Start a Big Bang Tour!

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Start a Big Bang Tour!
Subtitle | Physics Beginning with Big History
Author | Kim Sangwook, Kim Jinhyeok
Publisher | AJA Publishing
Publication Date | 2018-07-19
ISBN | 9791188236084
No. of pages | 48
Dimensions | 185 * 230

 

2. Book Intro

 

Big History is a massive history that looks at science together with the humanities. It thinks of the history of humans from the beginning of the universe and begins examining science from the Big Bang. This is a new and fun science book that allows children in lower grades to easily experience the Big History with electricity in our daily lives.
We can now light electric lights, play games, make books, and move our eyeballs to read books—all with energy from the Big Bang. At first glance, it seems the Big Bang and electrical devices have nothing in common, but when you read this book, you will realize that they do.
Start a Big Bang Tour! explores science through questions.
“Where does the electricity we use at home come from?” “How do they make electricity at power plants?” “Where did coal, which is used to make electricity, come from?” “Why is coal buried deep in the ground?” and more. The book asks and asks until all your questions are answered, and it embarks on a trip in search of scientific answers. In the process, sometimes, you need to use your imagination. “Coal was a plant 300 million years ago.” “The sun was a cluster of hydrogen created during the Big Bang.”
You have to be able to imagine things that go beyond time and space to understand physics, which studies vast spaces and eons of time. This book presents a trip using cartoons to freely leap through time and space, helping children develop their scientific imagination. It also enhances the fun in reading, with interesting pictures and editing that allow children to approach difficult scientific knowledge.

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The Founder’s Way

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The Founder’s Way
Subtitle | Start-up: A Unicorn or a Cockroach
Author | Lim Jeongmin (Jeffrey Lim)
Publisher | Bookstone
Publication Date | 2017-07-12
ISBN | 9791187289197
No. of pages | 288
Dimensions | 128 * 188

 

2. Book Intro

 

The world has welcomed an age of start-ups. Yet, the realities of start-ups are far from easy. Even if you succeed in starting a company using a new idea, the real problems soon follow. From securing investment, marketing to hiring, you are faced with endless tasks, and with each day presenting new issues and changes, a start-up company is nothing short of chaos. Based on the author’s experience and insight, this book sets out what must be done to ensure your start-up overcomes numerous crises and survives. The author has traveled back and forth between Silicon Valley and the ecology of Korean start-ups and met many entrepreneurs. The aim of this book is to relieve the curiosity and frustration of start-up entrepreneurs. Rather than giving just another success story, the author provides extensive real-life advice that start-up companies need, offering practical tips to future entrepreneurs and insight to start-up business people for the multiple issues they must deal with.

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Thankful to Be Born as Me

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Thankful to Be Born as Me
Subtitle | Another beginning in my life that missed the mark
Author | Yoo Myeonghyun
Publisher | glider
Publication Date | 2020-02-15
ISBN | 9791170410188
No. of pages | 288
Dimensions | 130 * 190

 

2. Book Intro

 

This is the only life I’ll get. I’m lucky to have been born as me.
Even before entering school, my family was shattered. I was forced to become independent, mentally and physically, at all costs. Studying in the United States, something I risked everything to prepare for, was also a series of hardships. The ultimate goal was to obtain a U.S. work visa and permanent residency, but all my efforts were in vain as something unexpected happened every time I tried to apply. Even small sums of money I had saved had to be given away for other people’s businesses. I was the sole breadwinner of my family, and I couldn’t escape from being trapped in a situation where my family demanded money from me day after day.
Because of this, my best efforts always fell short. I just wanted to quietly get my life in order. This was not a determination that came about out of anger, but a small wish to just rest quietly for the rest of my life. Just as I had let go of everything and was just letting my life pass me by, and an unexpected life walked in. I realized that organizing my life and my inner self was the only way to start again. After letting go of my stubbornness and obsession, I finally took a good, solid look at myself. I learned that my excessive greed and the wild thoughts I had about living in comfort throughout my life had been constricting my everyday life.
Since then, I’ve been living as if I got a bonus life. Living as if you’ve gotten a bonus life is quite fun. The thrill of increasing the density of life is like a treasure that money can’t buy. “I want to be born and live as me, again and again.” I’m lucky to have been born as me. I’m thankful to have been born as me.”

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The Skill Exchange Will Start Shortly

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The Skill Exchange Will Start Shortly
Author | Lim Gun-Hee, Mae
Publisher | Bear Books Inc.
Publication Date | 2022-06-29
ISBN | 9791158363482
No. of pages | 128
Dimensions | 152 * 210

 

2. Book Intro

 

On the day she fails her math exam, Yena accidentally discovers the Skill Exchange Center. Somewhat cold, the head of the center curiously says that people can exchange one of their skills for a skill of their choice. After much deliberation, Yena exchanges her jump roping skill, her most confident one, with mathematics skill. But her joy is short-lived, and Yena faces moments that require the skill she gave away.
Just before the skill exchange ruins her relationship with her best friend Minji, Yena discovers at the center that her skill scores have changed since the last measurement. Yena thought the skill she gave way was completely gone, but maybe this means she can get it back. Through Yena’s adventure with skill exchange, this story conveys the message that the skills children tend to ignore are just as valuable as skills for studying or sports, and ability is not something fixed but rather something that changes and grows.

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