The chapter on Korea, in contrast to those on the other three countries, gives a more optimistic portrayal of its publishing industry. It lays out in broad strokes the publishing industry's role in facilitating progress towards democracy, successes in Internet literature and youth-oriented books, and the rise of large multipurpose bookstores. Not presented, however, is an in-depth perspective on the growing pains that the industry went through in its development.
相對其他三地的危機感，本書的韓國章節顯得報喜不報憂，大篇幅地介紹該地出版業在民主進程中的推手角色，展示網路文學與青少年書籍的成功、大型複合式書店的崛起，卻未能深入見到該地出版產業的蛻變之痛。