1 The Era of the Proteur: Changing Roles of Editors Asian Publishers Fellowship Program in Seoul 2015 Lee Kyeongran Eunhaeng Namu Publishing co.

2 About Presenter Editor, English Literature Dept. Eunhaeng Namu Publishing Co., Ltd. since 2014 Lee Kyeongran

3 About Eunhaeng Namu Publishing Co., Ltd Established: 1997 Published titles: 700 titles Number of new titles per year: about 70 titles Publishing Categories: Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, etc. Literary awards: Jeju 4.3 Literary award, Hankyeong Literary award, Hwangsanbul literary award *Eunhaeng Namu means ‘ gingko tree ’ in Korean.

4 Representative Titles | Korean Fiction The Investigation by Lee, Jeong-myeong The hunger for freedom of the best poet in the early 20th century, trapped in the Fukuoka prison 300,000 copies sold Right sold: 11 countries including US, UK, France, Italy The Nights for Seven Years by Jeong, Yoo-jeong The tragic and mysterious accident happened to father and son 500,000 copies sold Best book of the first half of 2011 Film right sold Right sold: 5 countries including Germany, China, France, Taiwan Dae Jang Geum by You, Min-ju Novelization of the Korean famous drama, Dae Jang Geum(also known as Jewel in the Palace) Right sold: 10 countries including Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam Dae Jang Geum by Oh, Su Graphic novel version of Dae Jang Geum Right sold: 3 countries including Japan, Taiwan, Thailand

5 Korean FictionKorean Non-Fiction Homodominans by Jang, Kang-myeong The birth of the most revolutionary mankind, their bloody battle for the man's survival. Film right sold The Cruel Sea by Lim, Seong-sun Under Japanese imperialism, the struggling happened among the seamen from the colonies in one Japanese naval vessel on the Philippine Sea Film right sold How Koreans Talk : A Collection of Expressions by Choe, Sang-hun The Dawn of Modern Korea by Adrei Lankov *Originally written in English

6 Representative Titles | Foreign Titles Freedom, The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt The Romantic Movement, Kiss and Tell by Alain de Botton A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin

7 Current States of the Publishing Industry in Korea Captured by Foreign novels a large portion of the market Implementing the resale price maintenance Spending on Books per household in Q2: 13,330won(a record-low) Reducing the retail price by 4.4% Profit figures keep worsening “ Readers want new narratives. ” Effected by Craving for Comfort Food & Food-porn Shows “ Nothing can help all stressed out people but food. ”

8 How have protuers come on the market? Diversification of Platforms to Share Contents Soaring the opportunities to find good contents 내용 Books by all-around players Ex) Musician+Essayist, Chef+Essayist, Scientist+Columnist

9 What is the editor’s role in this protuer era? Do not find experts, be an expert -Specializing in a specific field -Starting editing before completion of a manuscript not after No interests, No opportunities -Open to every new channel From the net, to the net -Using the web as a marketing tool

10 Thank you.