A New Independent Press — Est. 2026

Redefining the E-book Experience.

세상에 흔한 글이 아닌, 깊이 있는 통찰과 독창적인 가치를 지닌 아오라엘북스만의 특별한 전자책 라인업을 만나보세요.

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The Manifesto

"우리는 몇 번을 다시 읽어도 새로운 울림을 주는 디지털 북을 만듭니다."

아오라엘북스는 2026년, 하나의 아쉬움에서 출발했습니다. 수많은 콘텐츠가 속도만을 위해 빠르게 소비되지만, 독자의 마음에 남는 작품에는 오히려 충분한 숙성의 시간이 필요하다는 생각 때문이었습니다. 우리는 앞으로 10년간 독자에게 전하고 싶은 책에 대한 뚜렷한 비전을 품고 있습니다.

현재 저희는 장르에 얽매이지 않고 아오라엘북스의 철학을 담아낼 첫 번째 출판 라인업을 기획·검토하고 있습니다. 검토하는 모든 원고는 발행 전 작가와 긴밀히 소통하며 전체적인 구조 검토부터 섬세한 문장 교정까지 수차례의 완성도 높은 다듬기 과정을 거칩니다.

2026Founded
0Titles published — we're brand new
OpenCurrently acquiring our first list
First List

Nothing in print yet — but the first spine is chosen.

Aorael launched in 2026. We're still reading and acquiring the rest of our first list, taking the time most manuscripts don't get — but here's the cover we've already signed.

Cover of How to Foresee the Future by Hwangbo Wonju
Forthcoming — Nonfiction

How to Foresee the Future

Our first acquisition is a futures-studies primer: a clear-headed guide to reading the trends already shaping tomorrow — climate, public health, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, resources and energy, education, work, gender, and the long tail of the pandemic. Written by Hwangbo Wonju, adjunct professor of convergence content at Ewha Womans University, it's less a set of predictions than a toolkit — the habits of analysis that let a reader see what's coming instead of just reacting to it. English edition in progress.

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How a Book Gets Made

From inbox to first run

01

Reading

We read every agented submission and roughly a third of what arrives during our open call. Most manuscripts get a decision within twelve weeks.

02

Edit

Two structural passes and a full line edit, worked through directly with the author — not tracked changes disappearing into a shared drive.

03

Design & Print

Covers are designed in-house. First runs are offset-printed in small batches; reprints follow demand rather than a fixed schedule.

Submissions

Open call runs every September.

Agented fiction and essay collections are read year-round; unagented submissions are read during our open month.

What we're looking for

  • Literary fiction and linked story collections
  • Essay collections with a clear spine
  • Fiction in translation, with a sample translated chapter
  • Poetry manuscripts, occasionally
Send a one-page query, the first 20 pages, and a two-paragraph synopsis as a single PDF to partners@aorael.com. We aim to respond within twelve weeks.