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2007 |
[ Exclusive Partnerships ]
- Japan Foreign-Rights Centre(Japan - 2008.08)
▶Relocated Beijing Representative Office to Room 822, Tower Crest, No.3 Maizidian West Road. Chaoyang District, Beijing 100016 China(2007.09.08)
▶Relocated 373-3 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-839 Korea(2007.10.26)
▶Made the contract of "Le papillon des etoiles" by Bernard Werber between Editions Albin Michel in the France and Korean The Open Books in Korea
▶Meditated the import of "Don't Gobble The Marshmallow Ever" (by Joachim de Posada, Ph. D., and Ellen Singer) between Berkley Publishing Group in the USA and Korean Economic Daily & Business Publications Inc. in Korea
▶Guillaume Mussol’s “Parce que je t'aime" - France’s XO Editions. And Balgunsesang agreed on a contract |
2006 |
▶Published its first book; American Best Sellers 101 (by Shimpei Tokiwa)
▶Celebrated 20th anniversary (2006.06.05)
▶Held a book bazzar "Sharing Love Through Books 2006 (2006.05.05~2006.05.14)
[ Shinwon Agency Book Exhibitions ]
Shinwon Agency Book Exhibition(2006.04.24~2006.06.08)
Shinwon Agency Children's Book Exhibition (2006.11.20~2006.12.01)
▶Korean titles hit Chinese best-selling chart; Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do (by Guiyeoni), Outsider (by Guiyeoni)
▶Beijing office mediated licensing contracts between foreign proprietors; ひとりぐらしも5年め by 高木直子 etc.
▶Exported publication rights of novelized Palace Story to China and Taiwan
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2005
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▶Appointmented an English scout Barbara Tolley
▶Appointmented a French scout Juliette Hoffenberg
[ Exclusive Partnerships ]
- The Wylie Agency (Britain)
- Penguin Putnam Group
( Putnam / Tarcher / Portfolio / Sentinel / Chamberlain Bros. / Avery / Berkley / Prentice Hall Press / Perigee / HP books )
- Warner Brothers (USA)
- Lo Pais (France)
- Midori Shobo (Japan)
- Ishiyaku Publishers, Inc. (Japan)
▶Operated a meeting room at Seokyo-dong office building in Seoul.
▶Relocated Beijing Representative Office to Room 502, Heng An Building, No.17 Dong San Huan North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027, China
▶Opened Book Cafe at Paju office building
[ Expansion of Export Business with China ]
- Export of nonfiction titles with varied genres such as business & economy, health & beauty as well as the Internet novels.
- Currently in contact with more than 120 Chinese publishers
- Expansion of Beijing Representative Office’s import business of English titles and Japanese titles to China
▶Expanded Korean comic export to European countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Czech, Finland, Poland, Russia, Greece, etc.)
▶Exported Korean comic titles to Japan (Palace Story)
▶Meditated the import of "Don’t Eat the Marshmallow……Yet!" (by Joachim de Posada, Ph. D., and Ellen Singer ) between Berkley Publishing Group in the USA and Korean Economic Daily & Business Publications Inc. in Korea |
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2004
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▶Opened
the Shinwon Agency Office in Beijing,
China
(ShinWon Agency Co., Beijing
Representative Office)
▶Construction of Shinwon Agency Building in Paju
(in the Paju Industrial Park for Publication)
▶Office Moving to Paju Book
City(Present Location) at 513-12
Paju Book City, Munbal-ri, Gyoha-eup,
Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
[ Full-fledged Export of Internet
Novels(Romance) ]
- Guiyeoni (That Guy Was Splendid,
Temptation of a Wolf, Do Re Mi
Fa Sol Ra Si Do, To My Boyfriend)
- Silver Ring (Teddy Boy, Addicted
to Kiss)
- Lim Eun-Hee (Young Mother, I
Was a Princess of Him)
- Hyun Go-Un (To Love Destiny,
A Man about Town, Ghost and Tomato,
A thing about 1%)
- Lee Haen-Nim (My Love is a Bad
Boy)
[ Fictionalization and Cartooning
of the scripts and scenarios of
movies and dramas ]
- Drama : Winter Sonata, A Story
of Autumn, Summer Scent, Hotelier,
Dae Jang Gum, A thing about 1%,
Secret, My cat in the Rooftop
House, etc.
- Movie : Tae Guk Ki, Si Wol Ahe,
Janghwa and Hongryun, Oasis, Sil
Mi Do, etc.
▶Korean
Manhwa moves into the European
market
(Chocolat, Shi Hwa Mong,
DVD, Pretty, etc.)
▶Yann Martel’s“Life of Pi" - Canada’s Westwood Creative Artist Ltd.
And Jakga Jungshin agreed on a contract
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2003
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▶Licensed "L'Arbre des Possibles"
by Bernard Werber with The Open
Books
▶Began export of Korean titles to
Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Thailand,
Malaysia and so on.
[ Exclusive Partnership
]
- Aaron M. Priest (USA)
- Taylor & Francis (USA)
- HarperCollins (Australia)
- Random House, UK (UK)
- Rights & Distribution Inc.
(USA)
- Testo & Immagine (Italy)
- Irene Skolnick Literary Agency
(USA)
- Lori Perkins Agency (USA)
- Bloomberg (USA) |
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2002
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▶Opened up the market in Thailand and
Malaysia : Starting the business
of export Korean titles.
▶Made
the contract of Anger by Thich
Nhat Hanh between Putnam, USA
and Myung Jin Publishers.Co.
▶Has begun construction of Shinwon Agency Center in
the Paju Publishing Complex
▶Began exportation of Korean titles to China
[ Exclusive
Partnership ]
- Marshall Cavendish (USA)
- Bertelsmann Jugendbuch Verlag
(Germany)
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2001
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▶Found
the branch office of Shinwon
Agency in Indonesia.
▶Made the contract of exporting
"Autumn Story & Friend"
to Taiwan and China respectively. |
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2000
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Established
the Indonesian branch, Infozone
Ina Shin Won. |
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1999
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Moved to a new office building
at 373-3, Seokyo-dong, Mapo-ku, Seoul, Korea. |
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1997
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▶“Young
Scientists” series contracted
between World Book International
and Korea Montessori through Shin
Won.
▶Represented world rights for Seunghee
Li’s “Butterfly”, and Taiwanese rights are sold. |
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1996
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▶“Early World of Learning”, a developmental early learning
series contracted between Jung-Ang Educational
Foundation Inc. and World Book International through
Shinwon.
▶“Rigodon et ses amis” contracted beween Hatier, Paris,
and Korea Andersen through Shinwon.
▶A children’s picture book series contracted between
Bohem Press, Zurich, and Korea Andersen through
Shinwon. |
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1994
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Moved to a new building at 147-44,
Dongkyo-dong, Mapo-ku, Seoul, Korea. |
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1993
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▶“Gakken
Classroom” is contracted between
Gakken Co. Ltd. Of Japan and Jung-Ang
Educational Foundation through
Shin Won.
▶The “Apple
Poppy” series is contracted between
Shingakusha Co., Ltd. of Japan
and KAMP Co., Ltd. through Shin
Won. |
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1992
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Hired its first and current European scout, Dr. Juliette Hoffenberg of Freemont Books, Paris. |
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1991
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▶Started a comic book department dedicated to licensing comic books and related merchandise.
▶Hired its first scout in the USA, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates and its first UK scout, Anne Martyn. |
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1990
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▶“System Kumon” contracted between the Japan Kumon Institute of Education and the Korean publisher, Kongmoon Educational Foundation Inc. through Shinwon.
▶“Land & People” series contracted between Bertelsmann
and Jung-Ang Educational Foundation Inc.
through Shinwon. |
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1988
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The
Korean Ministry of Culture officially
acknowledges copyright agencies
and the need for them in Korea. |
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1986
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Shinwon Agency Co. is registered separately
from Shinwon Planning |
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1985
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Shinwon Planning Co. begins a copyright
division. |
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