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Share Happiness with a Book You’ve Finished and a 50% Voucher… Busan Library to Launch 2025 “Happy Book Sharing” Program

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From June to December 2025, Busan Library is running the “Happy Book Sharing” program to promote local bookstores and expand reading culture.

○ The “Happy Book Sharing” initiative is a cultural reading program based on a network of cooperation between citizens, local bookstores, and local businesses. When citizens exchange their books, sales are encouraged at participating bookstores, and the exchanged books are redistributed to public reading spaces such as small libraries and outdoor libraries, enriching the knowledge resources of Busan citizens.

Citizens can bring books published after January 1, 2023, to any of the 40 participating bookstores to receive a voucher worth 50% of the book’s original retail price. The voucher can be used as a discount when purchasing new books at the same bookstore.

○ However, the following are excluded from exchange:
▲ Reference books ▲ Textbooks ▲ Workbooks ▲ Dictionaries ▲ Complimentary books ▲ Periodicals ▲ Foreign books ▲ Books priced over 30,000 KRW ▲ Damaged books

○ The book vouchers must be used by December 31, 2025, at the issuing bookstore.

This year’s participating bookstores total 40 and are evenly distributed across 15 districts.

○ [Gangseo-gu] Book & Space, Book & Culture, Book Town
[Geumjeong-gu] Hyundai Bookstore, Dasarang Books
[Gijang-gun] Myeongmun Books, Memory Forest Bookstore, Youngjae Books, Ilgwang Bookstore, Mirae Books
[Nam-gu] Miu’s Study, Narak Bookstore
[Dongnae-gu] Garam Books (Sajik branch), Garam Books (Oncheon branch), Youngjae Books (Myeongjang branch)
[Busanjin-gu] Youngkwang Books, Creta
[Buk-gu] Puppy Poop, Gentle Picture Bookstore, Geumgok Hanaro Bookstore, Moosai, Hwamyeong Bookstore
[Sasang-gu] Daedeok Bookstore
[Saha-gu] Dadae Bookstore, Hyanghak Bookstore, Pureun Bookstore, Cheongsol Bookstore
[Seo-gu] Sanghakdang Bookstore, Dongju Bookstore
[Suyeong-gu] The Place, Basakra, Yeogiseochaek
[Yeonje-gu] Books and Children, Hosanna Christian Bookstore, Bookstore Gam
[Yeongdo-gu] Chaekppang &
[Jung-gu] Nampo Bookstore, Moonwoodang Bookstore
[Haeundae-gu] Neighborhood Bookstore Arche, Jumundo Books

Additionally, the books exchanged by citizens are jointly purchased by Busan Library and Sejung Co., Ltd. The books purchased by Sejung will be donated to Busan Library and distributed to small libraries, outdoor libraries, and various public reading spaces for citizens to enjoy freely.

○ Sejung Co., Ltd. is a private company actively supporting the revitalization of local bookstores and continuously practicing mutual growth with the local community. As a strong partner of the “Happy Book Sharing” project, it contributes significantly to revitalizing the local reading culture and expanding the initiative.

Meanwhile, the 13,739 books collected through last year’s “Happy Book Sharing” project contributed greatly to promoting reading culture by increasing bookstore sales and distributing books to public reading spaces across Busan, creating a “circulating book economy” within the region.

○ The exchanged books are being used at 68 small libraries and outdoor libraries. Within just one week of this year’s launch (June 5), over 1,500 books had already been exchanged. The program is expected to continue serving as a bridge between bookstores and citizens.

For more information about the program, visit the Busan Library website (library.busan.go.kr) or Instagram (@busanlibrary). Citizens who wish to participate may visit a participating bookstore directly.

○ For other inquiries, contact Busan Library at ☎ 051-310-5434.

Park Eun-ah, Director of Busan Library, stated, “We ask for the continued interest and participation of citizens in fostering a virtuous reading culture created together by local companies, citizens, and bookstores.”