SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans nearly halved their spending on books over the years from 2010 to 2018 as fewer people picked up the paper medium, data showed Friday. The average monthly spending on books by a South Korean household came to 12,054 won (US$10.40) as of 2018, compared with 21,902 won [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — “Solely about me” has been the overriding key word for the 2019 publishing market, with several essay collections with the theme selling the highest numbers of copies this year, according to the biggest bookstore chain. Summing up the trend of the publishing market this year, Kyobo Book Center said [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The YouTube sensation is also impacting the book industry. Yes24, an online bookstore, chose ‘going from media seller to a YouTube seller’ as this year’s trend keyword for publication. “YouTube videos that summarize various books are attracting massive interest, having a heavy impact on bestselling trends,” said Yes24. “Book [...]
GOKSEONG, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A special publication ceremony was held at a rural elementary school in which all of the students participated. Samgi Elementary School in Gokseong County, South Jeolla Province, recently held a picture book publication event, with all 33 students participating in the publication. The school has been working on a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As the popularity of YouTuber, or one-person content creator has increased, the demand for books related to YouTube and video production has also increased significantly. Interpark, a leading online ticket and book seller, said Monday that its analysis of sales of one-man broadcasting-related books in the computer and Internet [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The 5th Sinchon Beer Festival will be held at Yonsei-ro in Sinchon, Seoul from September 20 to 22. The festival first began in 2015, soon becoming one of Sinchon’s landmark festivities to celebrate youth. The theme of this year’s festival will be ‘books and beer,’ where people will be [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the last ten years, the book most borrowed by elementary and middle school students in South Korea has been “Please Look After Mom” by novelist Shin Kyung-sook, which has recently become popular overseas, according to the National Library of Korea after analyzing all book records from 844 libraries [...]
DAEJEON, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeongui Jungang Line’s ‘Reading Train’ has recently gone through renovations and now comes with two library cars along with a new interior design. An augmented reality (AR) technology has been applied to designs on the floor to make them look alive and real. Based on the theme of [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As times are changing, the concept of a “lifetime workplace” is no longer true. Unlike the older generation, who had only tendered their resignations in their hearts for their entire lives, the younger generation now boldly chooses to retire. Retirement-related content is also gaining popularity, with subscribers flocking to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of people are reading books about fine dust in South Korea as it is becoming more difficult to breathe in fresh air on a regular basis. Yes24, a major South Korean online bookstore, said it had sold 2,340 books on fine dust thus far this year, [...]