SEAK Books / English
Between South Korea
and the United States.
Through books.
SEAK Books is a publishing and media business connecting South Korea and the United States. We introduce books, create reading guides, and help Korean-language readers find where to buy them.
What we do
Books first.
The work follows.
Our reader-facing site, BuyKoreanBooks.com, brings together book introductions and retailer links for readers in South Korea and the United States. We also share reading notes and recommendations through Threads and our newsletter.
Alongside this editorial work, we are developing translation and publishing projects between Korean and English. We welcome conversations with publishers, rights holders, and translators.
Translation and publishing projects are in development. Rights, scope, schedules, and costs are discussed for each title.
From our book introductions
A few books to begin with.
These are Korean-language editions from the publishers credited below, not books published by SEAK Books. Our book guides are in Korean.
Korean fiction
모순
A novel about family, contrasting lives, and the choices of a young woman.
Guide & retailers
Korean fiction
안녕이라 그랬어
Seven stories exploring people and relationships through everyday spaces.
Guide & retailers
Practical nonfiction
아주 작은 습관의 힘
Atomic Habits in Korean: small actions and environments that support repetition.
Guide & retailers
Science fiction
프로젝트 헤일메리
Project Hail Mary in Korean: a science-driven mission to save humanity.
Guide & retailersBuyKoreanBooks.com includes affiliate links. We earn commissions from qualifying purchases through those links. Check the edition, availability, price, and delivery terms with the retailer.
Publishers · Rights holders · Translators
Tell us about
the book.
Please send a short introduction, the title and author, the current rights status, the language and territory you have in mind, and the work you would like to discuss.
A public preview or a brief information sheet is enough for an initial conversation. There is no need to send a full manuscript or confidential contracts at this stage.
Email SEAK Booksread@seakbooks.com · Korean and English
A note on rights.
A book introduction or a retailer link does not indicate that SEAK Books holds publication or translation rights. Any publishing collaboration begins with confirmation of the rights holder and an agreed scope of work.
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