Abstract:

Over the past decade, the South Korean government has paid great attention to the sustained development of the publishing industry with an increased proportion of digital publishing. A series of strategic plans to activate the digital publishing have been formulated. The basic strategy for the development of South Korea’s digital publishing industry is to take the support for excavation and production of excellent E-books as the pivot, while vigorously promoting the service systems for production and information technology of digital publishing. Striving to improve the institutional and legal environments for digital publishing, the South Korean government has implemented preferential tax policies for digital publishing and has highly valued its professional education and social promotion. Moreover, South Korea’s publishing industry plans to integrate the circulation ways of paper books and E-books to establish a healthier circulation order for publishing.