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MCST Announces the 2022-2026 Publishing Industry Promotion Plan

Publishing Industry   MCST Announces the 2022-2026 PublishingIndustry Promotion Plan Fostering K-Culture through Books and Building a Cultural Powerhouse through Publishing   2022.11.07   “Books” are the core content that has been with humanity for a long period of time. However, the domain of each type of content and the boundary between them have become unclear these days. Today, publishers are not just coming up with publishable content, but are expanding their business into e-books and audiobooks, not to mention other cultural fields such as the film, game, and music industries. As such, the publishing industry takes on different content-based roles, crossing the traditional frontier of “print books.”However, unlike the diversified channels for publishing content, readership is falling every year. People now prefer video services like TV, YouTube, and Netflix rather than books. The average annual percentage of Koreans reading books is 47.5...
  • VOL.52 / 2022.11
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Publishers’ Book Clubs

Publishing Policy   Publishers’ Book Clubs   2022.11.07                     Where the hearts of book lovers gather: Publishers’ Book Clubs   Book clubs are a paid service run by publishers to offer a high-quality reading environment to readers. At book clubs, you can: ? Read books and share opinions with various people ? Find a hidden story in the book that you read ? Purchase merchandise related to the books you read   Read with a loving mind for books, and start a new reading life!We introduce to you various book clubs run by publishing houses in Korea!   Minum Book Club - Share opinions with other readers - Participate in book talks with authors and lectures - Get 3 book-club edition books and 3 giveaway books ...
  • VOL.52 / 2022.11
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Achievements of the “One City, One Book” Movement

Publishing Industry   Achievements of the “One City, One Book” Movement   2022.10.04   Seosan-si selected and nominated Uncanny Convenience Store (Namu Bench) for the general public and A Child Who Climbed over a Wall (BIR) for children as books to read together during the “2022 Pan-Citizen One City, One Book Movement: The Book of the Year Proclamation Ceremony” held in the city hall’s situation room on Aug 10, 2022. In April, citizens of Seosan-si recommended a total of 54 books. The library’s steering committee reviewed the books, and two were nominated as the “Book of The Year.”The book Uncanny Convenience Store is a piece that depicts the joys and sorrows of our neighbors living in this harsh era from a warm and humorous perspective. The novel has a small convenience store on the corner of an alley as its background. Meanwhile, this year’s children’s book was A Child Who Climbed over a Wall, which gives its readers the strength and c...
  • VOL.51 / 2022.10
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#Hope

#K-Book   #Hope KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.04.07   The Giant’s Garden 1. Publication Details   Title | The Giant’s GardenAuthor | Choi Jung-inPublisher | BOISFORETPublication Date | 2021-12-30ISBN | 9791187991182No. of pages | 56Dimensions | 181*247   2. Book Intro   A girl who has trouble communicating with her friends goes on an adventure in the woods. She finds the garden of a giant she has heard about in rumors, and experiences inner growth and comfort through her encounter with the giant.A girl who is always outside looking in when she is with her friends enters the deep forest, led by a gentle voice. She finds a giant’s garden in the woods and makes pleasant memories in nature. When night falls, the girl is lonely. Just then, the giant speaks to her, and she shares all that is in her heart, fully expressing her feelings and reflecting on her inner se...
  • VOL.81 / 2025.04
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Agency list

Agency List   Agency list   2025.04.07   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.81 / 2025.04
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The Adoption of the Public Lending Right, Requiring the Agreement of All Parties in the Publishing Industry

Publishing Industry   The Adoption of the Public Lending Right,Requiring the Agreement of All Parties in the Publishing Industry   2022.09.05   An amendment of the Copyright Act proposed last April by a national assembly member of the Democratic Party of Korea, Kim Seung-Won, garnered the attention of stakeholders in the publishing industry. The amendment was about introducing the Public Lending Right (PLR) to Korea by amending the Copyright Act. The Public Lending Right is the right to be compensated for the expected loss of copyright by owners caused by book lending from libraries, and it is known as the PLR. Thirty-four EU member states adopted the right.   A photo of a public library (Photo taken by photographer Lee Eui Jong)     Copyright Act amendment gained much attention from the publishing industry’s stakeholders   The introduction of the PLR will have a wide range of...
  • VOL.50 / 2022.09
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Seen through Statistics: The Status of Offline Bookstores in Korea

Publishing Policy   Seen through Statistics:The Status of Offline Bookstores in Korea   2022.09.05                             Seen through statistics: The Status of Offline bookstores in Korea.* This article is based on the “2021 Publishing Industry Status Report (as of 2020)”, released by the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA).   Sample design and valid responses (Unit: Per unit) Various materials were taken into account for the accurate analysis of primary data as well as for the representation and characteristics of the survey content. ? Survey Population: 1,645 (Criterion: Businesses actually in operation) ? Sample Design: 565 (Criterion: Businesses applied with sample distribution by size) ? Distribution of Valid Cases: 432 (Cr...
  • VOL.50 / 2022.09
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Trends in the Publishing Market in the First Half of 2022

Publishing Industry   Trends in the Publishing Market in the First Half of 2022   2022.08.01   People are still reeling from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has swept the world over the past three years. Korea has been rapidly taking actions to return people’s daily lives to how they were before the pandemic. Such efforts can be seen through major terms commonly used in news outlets, such as “endemic” and “post-COVID.” Also, in early June, the Seoul International Book Fair was held at COEX on a large scale after a three-year absence, attracting approximately 100 thousand visitors. What’s more, lectures and autograph signing events of writers that had halted due to the social distancing policy have begun to take place again. It also seems that publications, book sales, and book-related programs are beginning to revitalize.Books related to “endemic” include From Pandemic to Endemic (Dongasia Books), written by researchers at the Institute for ...
  • VOL.49 / 2022.08
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#Death

#K-Book   #Death KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.03.10   A Solitary Death is a Social Murder 1. Publication Details   Title | A Solitary Death is a Social MurderAuthor | Gwon Jong-hoPublisher | SANZINIPublication Date | 2023-02-20ISBN | 9791168611337No. of pages | 192Dimensions | 135*200   2. Book Intro   Living alone, dying aloneThe number of solitary deaths is increasing every year due to changes in the family structure, with a growing number of one-person households and the level of disconnection among people. According to the first survey published in 2022, the number of solitary deaths increased by an average of 8.8% per year from 2017 to 2021. However, compared to the increasing number of solitary deaths, social awareness is extremely lacking, and no effective countermeasures have been developed. The sta...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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Korea Rights Centre to be organized at the 2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Info   Korea Rights Centre to be organized at the2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair See you at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in spring!   2025.03.10                 The Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) is running the project, “Participation in Overseas Book Fairs in 2025,” to promote the export of Korean publishing content and support the capacity building of Korean authors and publishers.   Join Korean picture books’ advancement into the global arena at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the biggest of its kind in the world, in March!The “Authors from Korea (Promotion Centre)” and “Korea Rights Centre” will be organized at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair to support Korean picture books’ global advancement, as well as Korean publishers’ and authors’ book export and promotion.   2025 Bologna Children’s Book FairDate: March 31 (Mon.) - April 3 (Thu.), 2025 (4 days)Venue: Bolog...
  • VOL.80 / 2025.03
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