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古事記のものがたり The Kojiki Stories: A Handmade Journey into Japanese Mythology

I have known Haruaki Kobayashi and Midori Miyazaki since my time working at the Osaka Government Publications Service Station. We first met when I transitioned from handling official gazette notices to managing the government publications bookstore division, and later took charge of a subsidiary company, “Kanpō Service.” At that time, rather than simply distributing government-issued books, I wanted to explore something more meaningful. Using Kanpō Service as a base, I began developing a publishing business of my own. The model I pursued was what I called “made-to-order publishing”—a hybrid between self-publishing and planned publishing. We would gather advance reservations at the planning stage, and once a certain number was reached, we would proceed with publication. Around the time I started this venture, I heard of an extraordinary case: someone who had sold over 10,000 copies through self-publishing. In the field of humanities, selling 3,000 copies was already considered a success in those days. Yet this book continued to sell, eventually reaching 60,000 copies by its 20th printing. The authors were Kobayashi and Miyazaki. The two were writers for a publication called Ii Hanas

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