![]() Instead, pre-order discounts have been up on their website since October 1 and they kicked off with promotions on October 7. Originally, it was slated to be released to the market around April this year but the Apop team had to delay it due to the pandemic. Kristina Carla Rico and Bae Kyung-min, who helped him translate titles and produce a version of Kim Soo-hyun’s original work. He immediately acquired the rights for translation and distribution of the book within the Philippines.Īlmario also partnered with two experts in the Korean language, Ma. The message that the book conveys gave him a gut feeling that it would resonate with Filipino young professionals who are facing the difficult world of adulthood. “It was a book that the reader to be proud of who you are, that you should not be swayed by what others say and that it’s okay to be completely happy as an ordinary person.” Be proud of who you are. Recalling his usual encounters with self-help books which tend to be “a rigid to-do list of exceptional things” you have to achieve in order to conquer the world and all your shortcomings, Almario said the book was “diametrically opposed to these ‘conventional’ self-help tropes.” “It really piqued my interest especially when I learned that it was a self-help book built around the concept of loving who you are and believing in yourself,” Almario told. While in Korea, Almario also studied the Korean publishing landscape for possible titles he could start with and found Kim’s book of essays “I Decided to Live as Me.” Learn more about yourself through the book’s illustrated essays. This inspired him to do the same for the Philippine market. There he met other ASEAN publishers and was surprised that some of them have already been purchasing book rights from Korea and have been translating it into their own native tongue. In an exclusive interview with, Agno Almario shared how Apop started after he attended an ASEAN publishers’ event held in South Korea last year where he had the privilege to talk about the local book industry in the Philippines. His son, Agno Almario, who is Adarna’s vice president for sales and marketing, is currently in charge of Apop, a fledgling brand focused on translating Korean bestsellers for the English-speaking market. The publishing house, known to distribute local literature for children of all ages in the country, was founded by the national artist for literature Virgilio S. Recently, the book “I Decided to Live as Me” was released for pre-orders in the online shop Apop Books, a newly launched publishing imprint of Adarna House Inc. She has penned a number of books in the illustrated essay genre which are notably famous in Korea and Japan. This self-help book also provides you with a to-do list in the world of adulting which may help you live with confidence as a grown-up individual.Īuthor Kim studied in a private art academy in Korea and majored in design at the Seoul National University of Science and Technology. It offers words of comfort and support that will help you recognize and love who you are as a person. “I Decided to Live as Me” is the very first English version of the 2016 Korean bestselling title “나는 나로 살기로 했다,” written and illustrated by Kim Soo-hyun. But the good news is that there is a book that will show you the most essential thing to do: to live as you. The truth is, uncertainty will always be a part of life, and no one can avoid it. Are you among the many adults who have been struggling to deal with life’s uncertainties? Those who have been feeling bad about themselves and feel like they are stuck in the lowest point of their lives?
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