문화체육관광부, 5년간 e-book 600억 투자할 것

 

Culture Ministry launches initiatives to promote e-books

 

2010-04-27

 

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Monday that it would ratchet up its support for the nascent e-book industry by helping nurture a market valued at 700 billion won ($630 million) by 2014.

The Korean government’s latest move comes as a host of new gadgets ranging from smartphones to e-book readers to Apple’s iPad are hitting the market, heralding a fresh round of opportunities for local players.

 

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교보-삼성, e-book 리더기 출시

 

Kyobo, Samsung launch e-book reader

 

2010-02-17

 

Korea's biggest bookstore Kyobo Book Center and Samsung Electronics Co. have joined forces to kick-start the fledgling e-book market by jointly launching a new e-book reader amid renewed interest in the digital book market in recent months.

 

Kyobo began to promote Samsung's new e-book reader, the SNE-60K, by installing a separate booth at its 16 offline chains where customers can browse and test its key functions such as e-ink display, newspaper reading and touch screen.

 

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e-book을 향한 한국의 도전

 

 

 

 

Korea's e-book market has long been dormant(휴면상태). Even though there have been a handful of attempts to kick-start the potentially huge market in the past few years, the parties involved - writers, readers and publishers - did not pay much attention.

 

 

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