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South Korean web novels become a trend of their own

South Korean web novels become a trend of their own   2019.09.09   The web novel market in South Korea has been expanding at a breakneck pace, with readers drawn to their easy-to-read content. According to the Korea Creative Content Agency, the web novel market in South Korea was estimated to be around 10 billion won in 2013, and by 2017, it had expanded to 270 billion won. Last year, sales of web novels alone amounted to around 400 billion won. In line with this soaring popularity and growing market, there are now web novel authors who earn six-figures a year. In 2016, 8.2 percent of all web novelists were found to be earning more than 10 million won per year.   Web novels with unlimited versatility stand in the center of a new trend   The number of ways web novels can transform themselves is unlimited, and their influence is only growing through 'one source, multi-use' content. Adaptations of web novels into webtoons are also worth taking note of because aft...
  • VOL.15 / 2019.09
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North Korea Seen Through Books, and the Unification of the Korean Peninsula

North Korea Seen Through Books, and the Unification of the Korean Peninsula   2019.08.05   On the last day of June this year, a historic event happened in the border village of Panmunjom straddling the two Koreas when the leaders of the United States and North Korea met for the first time. Just a mere 62 km away from Seoul, this location was where the ceasefire armistice was signed in July 1953 to put a stop to the Korean War that had raged for three years between North and South Korea. Although U.S. President Donald Trump stepped over to North Korea for just a minute and met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for 53 minutes, the image of the two men shaking hands heightened hopes that the Korean peninsula could move further towards denuclearization and peace. There are several books that address this reality on the Korean peninsula that have received much interest from the publishing industry in South Korea. Books that help children and adolescents understand the reality o...
  • VOL.14 / 2019.08
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Wookwan Sunim

Wookwan Sunim Introduction to Korean temple food   2019.09.09   'Where did this food come from?'Temple food refers to food cooked to capture the original taste from ingredients usually grown in Buddhist temples or found in nature. Temple food is special even in South Korea. To meet temple food is to go beyond the act of eating and think about where the ingredients came from and how the food was made. It is to realize the preciousness of food. Right now, when so many people have much interest in the preservation of humankind and protecting nature, Korean temple food is finding its place as a cultural element as it opens up a new view into food.Wookwan sunim is an expert on South Korea's temple food. It may seem strange to see the suffix 'food expert' attached to a Buddhist nun's name, but it is not that strange when you consider in Buddhism, growing food, cooking it, eating it and cleaning up is all part of asceticism. Wookwan's temple food and the stories in her food are popu...
  • VOL.15 / 2019.09
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Craft Your Own Special Miniature Furniture

Let’s Try   Craft Your Own Special Miniature Furniture   2023.11.06   [Event]   Let’s Try introduces various useful, practical books published in Korea every month.Also, don’t miss gift events related to the introduced books!   Simply click on the link below to enter the event! Let’s Try!   Miniature DIY Small World, Small Furniture: Easy Making Best Items of 1/6 Doll Furniture- Written by Kim Kyung-Ryung, published by Sung An Dang, Inc.     Make life-like miniature furniture!Follow the friendly guide and have fun making furniture.   If you are a “Kidult (Kid+Adult)” who loves dolls and figures, this is for you. Here is a book on how to make miniature furniture for your dollhouse! Have you ever struggled to find the right miniature furniture or accessories for your dolls or figures? Have you ever wanted to make a...
  • VOL.64 / 2023.11
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Book exports by authors Sun-mi Hwang, You-jeong Jeong and Jung-myung Lee

Book exports by authors Sun-mi Hwang, You-jeong Jeong and Jung-myung Lee South Korea Book Exports   2018.01   December, for most, is a month that symbolizes the close of the year. Over the past year, many South Korean books took a stroll outside South Korea to various countries around the world. It shows South Korean literature has received consistent attention from foreign readers in a number of different countries and fuels hopes they will garner more success in the future.   Sun-mi Hwang's Miracle on Cherry Hill Sold Into the United Kingdom     ⓒ Sakyejul   Sun-mi Hwang's Miracle on Cherry Hill was sold into the United Kingdom and will be published there by Little, Brown. The novel offers an opportunity for readers to think about the values of human life as we live in co-existence with other beings through the story of one old man and the people who come to gather in his yard. It's a novel for readers of all ages, from children to the elder...
  • VOL.8 / 2018.01
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South Korea's December Bestsellers

South Korea's December Bestsellers Aggregate data as of the second week of November   2017.12.01   Hot from Pre-orders! Mom Studying Self-Esteem Mi-kyung Kim's Mom Studying Self-Esteem saw a wave of interest from prospective readers ever since it became available for pre-orders and after its publication, the book soared to the top of the bestseller list. Word of the book had already spread like wildfire through television shows and lectures and the content itself was enough to attract the interest of many women. Sales breakdowns easily show female readers overwhelmingly outnumber male readers while women in their 30s attributed for 50.4 percent of all readers of the book.   Aside this book, Temperature of Language by Kiju Lee, Trend Korea 2018 by Nan-do Kim and Ji-young Kim Born in '82 by Nam-joo Cho enjoyed their extended popularity, sitting near the top of the list.   Sales breakdown by gender / age for Mom Studying Self-Esteem  ...
  • VOL.7 / 2017.12
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Export Prospects of Korean Books

Export Prospects of Korean Books KPIPA’s Choice for Supporting Abstract · Sample Translation   2017.11.01   Mr. Madang’s Happy Days 1. Publication Details Imprint | Wurinabi Publishing House Title | Mr. Madang’s Happy Days Author | Hong Yeon-sik Illustrator | Hong Yeon-sik Format | 150*210 Binding | Paperback Pages | 420pages ISBN | 979-11-86843-17-8   2. Contact Name | Rosa Han Phone | +82-70-8879-7093 Email | joerosa@hanmail.net URL | http://blog.naver.com/michel61   3. About the Author / Illustrator Hong Yeon-sik studied visual arts at Korea National University of Arts and made his debut as a graphic novel artist in the New Comics Writers Contest in 1992. Hong received the New Artists Award for Kiyora in 2001, and the best manhwa award from the Manhwa Today Contest forUncomfortably and Yet Happilyin 2012. Uncomfortably and Yet Happily has been translated and published into French, and the copyright for the English language version has be...
  • VOL.6 / 2017.11
[NEWS / PUBLISHING INDUSTRY]

South Korea's Key Publishing Related Organizations

South Korea's Key Publishing Related Organizations   2017.11.01   In South Korea's publishing industry, there are many private organizations. Inside these organizations are members who work for competing businesses, but inside the groups they seek interests and order for the greater good. They also help pass on voices from inside the industry to a larger audience. The following are organizations key to South Korea's publishing industry linked to production, distribution, sales and research.   The most representative of publishers' groups would be the Korean Publishers Association, founded in 1947. Inside the group are all kinds of publishers, big and small. So far the association has worked towards creating an order for distribution within South Korea as well as resolving several issues related to the publishing environment. It has also been a driving force for projects aimed at developing the industry on a whole. The association has acted as a window for book deliveries...
  • VOL.6 / 2017.11
[TREND / EXPORT CASE]

KL Management's Export Success Case for Novel Almond

KL Management's Export Success Case for Novel Almond   2019.06.10   Joseph Lee, president of KL Management, has been known for his wide-reaching efforts over the years to export South Korean books and spread Korean literature around the world. Some even call him the 'global evangelist for Korean literature'. We recently met with Lee who led export projects for the novel Almond (Changbi Publishers), which was successfully exported to 12 countries and translated into 13 languages. The following details the story behind his efforts, the current status of South Korean book exports and why Almond came to be so successful outside South Korea.   Q. We've heard Korean author Sohn Won-pyung's Almond, which won the 10th Changbi Youth Literature Award in 2017, was exported to 12 countries and translated into 13 languages. It's probably safe to say it is unusual for a relatively new author to have her novel exported to more than 10 countries just two years after her debut. We're cer...
  • VOL.12 / 2019.06
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