Publishing a Book _ A Long Bookstore Journey That Started at the Himalayan Library 8

1. The Immortal Book, Memory is Eternal

The truth of lies
Books do not belong to humans.
The Book Haunted
Mark of one who has read forbidden books
The Judge of Forbidden Books, Cannot Ban Books
Hitler was also a bibliophile
Fiery speed
A book I couldn't bring myself to burn
The silence that begins the revolution
Where books burn, people are ultimately burned too.
How to own a book forever
Endless rereading

2 Reading books that awaken your senses

Why Reading a Book Makes Me Think of Coffee
A bibliophile's diet
The Traveler's Book
Reading a book with a view
Reading books about making music
Memories of the Smell of Books
dirty book effect
Healing the Soul
Muses in Love

3. Used bookstore scene

Collectors' Fetish
Pure and used books, first editions and out-of-print copies, one-of-a-kind
A labyrinthine bookshelf
Stacks of old books, order in chaos
The Book of Secrets, M Book
Boxes outside bookstores
People standing alone
A book thief in a used bookstore but invisible
sunny window
low wooden ladder

A bookstore with 4 stories

A Mecca for Humanism, a Museum of Literature _ Shakespeare and Company
The Story of a Lost Memory _ Foiles
The bookstore that remains only in letters _ 84 Charing Cross
Bookshop Theater: A Bookstore Theater Where Tragedy and Comedy Intersect
English Bookstores in Paris _ Gallignani et al.
A Cultural Space Growing Newly from Ruins _ The Wapping Project
A Slice of Sweet Heaven _ Primrose Hill
A fantasy-like real-life bookstore _ Jusomme
Secondhand book vendors along the Seine River _ Anatole France Street
Female Writers Discovered at the Weekend Market _ Notting Hill Weekend Market
Capitalist Memory Warehouse _ Strand
Reading Space for Society _ Housing Works
Psychology Bookstore for Healing _ Lipsey
A high-end art bookstore that illuminates the shadows _ Buherbogen
France's largest bookstore started with four boxes of books _ Gilbert Jeune
Alice in Wonderland _ Marshpan
The American Dream: The Wizard of Oz _ Books of Wonder
A book someone recommended _ Lutens & Rubinstein
A great hangout for writers - The House of Literature
Penguin Bunko and Reclam Bunko _ Dusman

A beautiful "Book Traveler" born from books and travel
Travel through books, read the world, and meet books while traveling the world.

A paradise of books found in the Himalayas:
The book journey of a "book traveler" begins in the secret underground chamber of a 150-year-old Himalayan library.
Author Kim Mi-ra spent her childhood at an international school in the Himalayas of northern India.
In that school, which he visited alone at a young age and is over 150 years old, the author discovers the fateful place that will lead him to live his life as a 'book traveler'.
The secret basement room of the school library, where no one ever visited, was the 'heaven of books' that the author encountered in the Himalayas.
The author wrote about the moment when the books woke up from their deep sleep:


“At that moment, I was struck by a vast array of memories, as if encountering the Himalayas, and every time I opened the book, even the memories that had been sleeping deeply within me began to stretch and awaken.”

From that day on, the author spent his school days in this secret underground room, devouring various kinds of old books, and becoming a 'book traveler who reads the world by meeting all kinds of eras and people in books.'
Such times, after leaving the Himalayas, fatefully led the author on the path of a 'book traveler who travels the world and encounters books'. What sets the author, an inexhaustible bibliophile and reading enthusiast, apart from other readers is the fact that, rather than being buried in piles of books and trapped in the fantasy world of language, he has faithfully and passionately lived his life as a 'complete book traveler' who goes back and forth between the two worlds of books and the world.


A humanistic travelogue about books and bookstores, with "Book Traveler."
Therefore, "Book Traveler" is not a book that simply tells the story of books and the lives of authors or introduces bookstores, but is the result of the author's practical actions of following the lives of authors and the spaces of books.
On the way, the author drinks a cold beer in a tavern frequented by Charles Dickens, and runs to Prague to gaze out the window of Kafka's little house.
I also walk the Parisian alleyways that Walter Benjamin would have walked, visit the bookstore where Hermann Hesse worked in his youth, and look at the swans of Munich that Jeon Hye-rin looked at.


Although he was an avid reader, the author refused to be confined to the confines of words and instead attempted to embark on a "book journey" whenever he had the chance, walking out into the world in pursuit of a desperate longing.
And through that vivid experience, I was able to read the history, writers, lives, and spirits I encountered in books with my whole body.
Soon, by summoning the world in the book into the author's own reality, the author acquired the memories and lives of the other as 'the present moment,' and it was a moment of liberation from the written word.
As Nietzsche said, if reading is “continuously listening to the self of others,” then the author is a reader who reads with his whole body, and this book is a record of the loving time travel of a book traveler from the Himalayas who deeply loved the self and the world of others with his soul.


Consisting of four chapters, "Book Traveler" examines the cultural history of books, from their birth to death and immortality, and sheds light on the reading process connected to various human senses and the psychology of people who have shown unique reading behaviors. Furthermore, it visits European bookstores, used bookstores, street bookstores, and medieval libraries, each with its own unique character, and unfolds interesting stories about the bookstore owners and book collectors the author met, along with the history behind them.
Ultimately, this book, "Book Traveler," which weaves together the author's understanding of the world he encountered while reading books and the books and cultural history of books he encountered while traveling the real world, can be said to be a humanistic travel book about books and bookstores.


"Book Traveler," a rare travel book from a bookstore in Korea, will be a welcome guide that opens up new travel paths for those who love books and travel.
Meanwhile, the book also includes over 100 photos of the interior and exterior of beautiful bookstores the author has encountered on street corners around the world, adding to the fun of anticipating the scenery on the next page each time you turn the page.


Book Structure and Brief Chapter Introductions
Chapter 1, “Immortal Books, Memories Are Eternal,” looks back on the past history of humans and books.
It deeply depicts the birth and death of books, and the ideals of humans who have dreamed of immortality through books.
We visit the barbaric site of the Book Burning Incident and delve into the human psychology behind the destruction of books throughout history and the history of books' suffering.
It tells the story of several dangerous idealists who abused books for political and religious reasons, the history of banned books, books that changed human history, and the misguided desire of humans to possess time forever by owning books.


Chapter 2, "Reading that Awakens the Senses," explains that reading is not merely an intellectual activity, but rather a vibrant activity that engages all of the senses. It discusses book-related cultures such as coffee, travel, music, and illustrations, using examples from specialized foreign bookstores.


Chapter 3, “Used Bookstore Scenery,” explores the fascinating landscapes that can be found in every corner of any bookstore, such as the sunlit window, the underground bookshelf, the trash can outside the bookstore, the book collectors encountered in the bookstore, and the invisible but present book thieves, exploring the inside and outside of the used bookstore scene that the author experienced himself.
It also delves into the fascinating story of the famous book thief Bloomberg, a bibliophile who would not hesitate to commit murder to collect a single book, the first edition, the one-of-a-kind book, and the book M, which is said to contain all the secrets of the world.


Chapter 4, "Bookstores with Stories," explores historic old bookstores and used bookstores in various European cities, as well as a bookstore in New York, and explores the feeling of the place and the stories of the past that cannot be seen from the outside, while reflecting on the meaning of books and the spaces that contain them.
Thanks to the world the author roams around in, carrying a suitcase full of books, and the books he reads with his whole body, readers can experience in this chapter a three-dimensional space where humans and books coexist.