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[INTERVIEW / KOREAN PUBLISHERS]

BIR A pond of growth: spreading its wings toward the broader world 2020.04.06 If there is a place where a child must stop by before becoming a grown-up, where would it be? Would it be the world of smartphones that are already rooted deep inside our life? Or, would it be the world of digital screens? If these two worlds are not the answer you are looking for, then how about the world of books, even though it feels a bit outdated? BIR hopes children stop by the pond of books where their imagination spreads its wings. Let’s take a deeper look at the hidden world of BIR ? ceaselessly improving the quality of the pond. Logo of BIR It is the 26th anniversary of BIR Publishing Co., Lid. Please introduce BIR to the readers overseas. Established in 1994, BIR has been a publisher specializing in books for children and teenagers by publishing books from children’s stories and teen novels to information-providing non-fiction books. Readers often get curious ab...

VOL.21 / 2020.04

[EVENT / I READ]

My Favorite Book, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan

I Read My Favorite Book, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan 2024.05.07 This article is a review written by an Indian reader ofK-Book Trends after reading a Korean book.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com “Reading maketh a full man,” said Sir Francis Bacon years ago. The saying still holds true. Reading for leisure and pleasure is a good habit. It instructs us in our youth and comforts us in our old age. Sometimes, reading brings about a revolutionary change in a person’s outlook. Particularly in these days of mechanical existence, when people have hardly any time to attend meetings, the best source of acquiring religious and general knowledge is books that can be easily browsed wherever a person finds time to spare. For a long time, I, too, have developed this habit of reading books. I like reading books of different ge...

VOL.70 / 2024.05

[EVENT / I READ]

Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook

I Read Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook 2024.04.01 This article is a review written by an Egyptian reader ofK-Book Trends after reading a Korean book.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com The novel Please Look After Mom (Changbi) sold one million copies within 10 months of its first edition, which was in 2009. This novel is one of my favorite novels ever. This is a story about the loss of a mother at Seoul subway station after her husband preceded her and left her outside the train. But the question here is, Will her children try to find her? Will she return to her husband? That woman spent her life sacrificing everything until the day she disappeared, and that mother did her best to help her family and cared more about Her family’s life than her life while she was in so much pain. When she got los, everyone...

VOL.69 / 2024.04

[REPORT / COLUMN]

Exports Trends of Korean Books in Japan

Exports Trends of Korean Books in Japan Korean Publications Attract Attention in Japan 2017.6.30 Korean literature is gaining popularity in the Japanese market. Let's take a look at the trend of popularity of Korean literature in 2017.Recently, the interest in Korean literature in the Japanese publishing market is being revived. In the past, they were interested in mainstream novels such as original novels about Korean movies or dramas. On the other hand, short stories from young Korean writers are becoming recognized gradually, encouraging the change in the market.Some novels have been contracted for a copyright for a Japanese version such as Ae-ran Kim's Run, Papa, Run, Hye-young Pyun's short story collection AOI Garden and Toward the Kennel. Run, Papa, RunAe-ran KimNovember 29, 2005Changbi Publishers- Contents -1. Run, Papa2. I go to the convenience store3. Pogo Stick4. She has a reason that she cannot sleep5. Speaker Forever6. Greetin...

VOL.1 / 2017.06

[REPORT / COLUMN]

South Korean Literature, Expanding Its clout in Global Markets

South Korean Literature, Expanding Its clout in Global Markets 2018.07.31 South Korean literature has recently been entering a number of different countries with different languages, instead of focusing on one language or one country. The situation has shifted from before, when South Korean original novels would find demand after a film or television adaptation gained in popularity or vice versa. This shows South Korean literature’s presence in the global publishing market and that Korean literature has been gaining in competitiveness in a number of different markets. Around the time of the New York Rights Fair that was held recently from late May to early June, Lee Ji-min’s novel Marilyn and Me (That Book) was introduced to the market and since then has been the subject of great interest. This novel tells the story of Marilyn Munroe and her interpreter Alice in the February of 1954, just after the Korean War ended in a truce. The story of the two women...

VOL.11 / 2018.07

[NEWS / INFO]

Overseas Publication Grants

Overseas Publication Grants 2018.05.30 Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) requests yourinterest and participation in our "Overseas Publication Grants," a project that promotes export of Korean publications to overseas markets. 1. Project Overview ? Purpose : upport the overseas publication of outstanding Korean works in order to lay the groundwork for a "Korean Wave" in the publishing industry. ? Summary : Provide partial grants to overseas publishers that have published or will publish Korean works in 2018 under acopyright agreement with a Korean publisher. 2. Project Details Category Details Eligibility Overseas publishers that imported a copyright of a Korean book Publishers who have published or will publish in 2018; must be able to submit a dummy book(...

VOL.9 / 2018.05

[NEWS / BOOK SUMMARY]

Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation 2018.01 Farewell 1. Publication Details Imprint | SANZINI Title | Farewell Subtitle | Learning about Death Author | Ki-Sook Lee Format | 188*257 Binding | Paperback Pages | 262pages ISBN | 978-89-65454-37-3 2. Contact Name | Haneulbada Park Phone | +82-51-504-7070 Email | ehreh1111@daum.net URL | http://www.sanzinibook.com 3. Marketing Information Issued Copies / Bestselling Ranking | 1,000 copies Topic | Life and death Target Readership | General public Media Review and Advertisement | The study of death deals not with death but with life. ? Psychologist Robert Kastenbaum 4. About the Author Lee was born in Busan in 1950. She retired from her position as professor of family and elderly welfare at Silla Univer...

VOL.8 / 2018.01

[TOPIC / EXPORT TRENDS]

Interview with Mi-kyoung Song

Interview with Mi-kyoung Song A South Korean Fairy Tale Author, Forging Her Own Territory 2017.12.01 There is one South Korean author of fairy tales who has created her own forte with experimental and uncommon imagination along with her fantasy-infused stories. Mi-kyoung Song debuted as a fairy tale author in 2008 in South Korea and has since received numerous awards since. She is known for writing for children and teens that enjoy her fairy tales and novels.Of her books Some Kid Lived Here was named as one of this year's final contestants for the In Other Words program by BookTrust, an influential reading group in the U.K. The book had been selected with another seven books after competing among some 400 books. The judges said the story in the book was strange, unrealistic but very fresh. We spoke to her about this book and her literary world. KPIPA We are delighted to feature you on our webzine. Please give our readers an introduction to yourself. ...

VOL.7 / 2017.12

[TOPIC / KOREAN PUBLISHER]

UU Press

UU Press One-man publisher, helping inner development 2017.11.01 Of South Korea's publishers, 76.1 percent are one-person businesses. And among these, there has been one that has stood out in particular -- UU Press, established in 2012. UU Press, which has a joyful ring to its name, has gained popularity among South Korean readers gradually and is now firmly positioned within the sector thanks to its unique style. It may be an unfamiliar name to offshore readers, but it is a publisher attracting interest from readers in South Korea who love to read.How was UU Press made? Its founder and CEO Seong-woong Cho's answer to that question was simpler and clearer than expected. “In order to do what I like and can do well for a long period of time,” he says. The following interview with Cho was held at the Peanuts Bookstore, a small bookshop in Paju, South Korea. KPIPA It's an honor for us to speak with UU Press, currently called the leader of South Korea's one-pe...

VOL.6 / 2017.11

[EVENT / K-READER]

Submit Us Your Reviews of Korean Books!

K-Reader Are you a Korean reader of K-Book Trends? Submit Us Your Reviews of Korean Books! 2024.03.11 “K-Reader” is an event section where Korean readers of K-Book Trends recommend Korean books to international readers.Any book by a Korean writer, regardless of genre or publication date, is welcome!Please send us a short book review and a quote from the Korean book that impressed you.The quote will be published along with the book review as a mobile wallpaper image. Submit to kbooktrends@gmail.com* 1,000 characters or less in Korean (a quote from the book that impressed you and why you recommend it)* Book reviews that have already been published on other websites (personal blogs, bookstores, etc.) cannot be submitted. The winners will receive a gift voucher!We look forward to your participation.

VOL.68 / 2024.03

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