iii. Books & Other Items

 

The books come from a store in Korea that sells books to bookstores (“a bookstore for bookstores”).

They have “every genre” including travel, English learning, Korean learning, economy, Korean novels, Japanese novels, Western novels, Christian Bibles, history, health, and philosophy books.

The selection is not entirely limited to books written in Korean. The store does sell bilingual books and famous western books that are written in English and Korean.

Best Sellers

The best sellers of the store are books that are best sellers in Korea. For example, the current best seller is a poetry book that was televised by the Korean drama called Goblin.

For those who want to learn Korean, Active Korean is the best selling Korean learning book.

K-pop merchandise, especially for the band BTS, is also a huge hit.

Other Items

Besides the books, they also sell a variety of Korean cultural items, such as chopsticks, spoons, masks, flags, and other traditional pieces.

Koryo also has a selection of Korean kids toys, games, puzzles, and robots.

However, their most popular products besides books are anything K-pop related. They sell calendars, posters, CDs, stickers, accessories, postcards, etc.

Customers

The customers are mostly Korean people who want to buy Korean books. Other customers include tourists and teenagers who are looking to buy K-pop merchandise. Many customers who are interested in learning Korean also visit.