BTS memoir set for dynamite sales

Army of fans awaits 544-page tome due out on Sunday

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The memoir "Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS" includes "personal, behind-the-scenes" details of the K-pop group's rise to global prominence, according to the publisher. (File photo by AP) 

KENNETH MAXWELL, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- In its 180-year history, storied London publishing house Macmillan has produced classics by literary greats from Lewis Carroll to Jane Austen and George Orwell. Next up in its roster of giants: K-pop royalty BTS.

Sunday sees the global publication of "Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS," a 544-page official memoir of the music chart-dominating boy band's history so far, with Macmillan imprints Pan Macmillan and Flatiron Books handling publication in the U.K. and the U.S. respectively.

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