SEOUL Guidebook Released

by Robert Koehler on October 9, 2009

You can now pick up “Seoul Selection Guides: Seoul” at Seoul Selection Bookshop, next to Gyeongbokgung Palace. We’re open Monday to Saturday, 9:30am to 6:30pm.

We’ve sent it out to Kyobo, Youngpoong, etc., so it should be available at those stores from early next week, if not this weekend.

{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }

1 tab October 9, 2009 at 3:41 pm: You, of course, realize that every ESL teacher will go through this book desperately hoping to find some minor grammar mistake to berate you with in desperate attempt to assure themselves of their superiority.
It’s enough to make me suspect that perhaps all of that ‘anti’ English teacher sentiment was merely a ploy to boost the sale of your book.
2 hardyandtiny October 9, 2009 at 4:42 pm: I’ll buy one.
3 WangKon936 October 9, 2009 at 10:53 pm: U.S. distribution? $40 shipping and handling is a little steep…
4 R. Elgin October 9, 2009 at 11:21 pm: I will probably end up buying several. The layout looks good too. Nice job Robert.
5 bjgger October 9, 2009 at 11:29 pm: Will this be available as an e-book?
6 WangKon936 October 10, 2009 at 6:08 am: Rob,

I don’t know how you did it, but you somehow made the Grand Turd of Cheonggyecheon look cool…
7 Tom Coyner October 10, 2009 at 9:19 am: Having had the opportunity to flip through the book last night, I would place it on a “must buy” list for anyone visiting or living in Seoul. Kudos to you and your staff, Robert!
8 fighteeng October 10, 2009 at 4:08 pm: Cool! I’m going to pick one up! Always great to get a more entertaining and objective perspective from a westerner who has lived here for many years than the thinly veiled propaganda material from the ministry of tourism.
9 iampedro October 10, 2009 at 8:10 pm: So I bought a copy at my local Bandi & Luni’s (it wasn’t a big store so it had a tiny foreign language section – still had this book though) and skimmed through it. So far it’s a great book, well organized and laid out, with great pictures and a huge amount of information. I especially liked the “history and culture” bits spread throughout the book. I’ve already learned a great deal, it was well worth the purchase imo.
10 CactusMcHarris October 10, 2009 at 11:30 pm: Robert,

Unfortunately, I don’t anticipate going to Korea any time soon (my wife’s not afflicted with the Eastern Fever as I am) but if I were, your book would be requited reading for my visit to the ROK.
11 south_jeolla_blues October 11, 2009 at 10:20 pm: I bought your guidebook this weekend. It is really nicely done. Congratulations! I will be buying a few more copies as gifts.
12 Robert Koehler October 12, 2009 at 7:39 am: Thanks to you guys who bought the book this weekend. And thanks, Tom, for the kind words, both here and in your newsletter, which I read this morning.