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| ▲This photo provided by Naver Webtoon show posters of 'Reborn Rich.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL December 1 (Yonhap) -- Based on the success of “Reborn Rich” the South Korean drama and webtoon sale of the original web novel has drastically increased.
Based on the data cumulated by Naver Webtoon on Thursday, the sale of the web novel “Reborn Rich” has increased 230 times within two months period.
“Reborn Rich” depicts a story of an assistance who gets murdered and reincarnated as a youngest son of the conglomerate family. The novel continued on its publish from 2017 to 2018 at a subsidiary company of Naver Webtoon, Munpia.
Although novel was concluded 4 years ago Webtoon version of the novel premiered on September 28, 2022 which spiked the sales of the novel. Sales of the web novel before the release of the webtoon version compared to 10 days after has exceeded over 34 times.
On top of the increase, led by the release of the Webtoon, the drama which premiered on November 18 led the second wave of influx of readers. Sales of the web novel increased six times compare to the 10 day period previous to the premier of the drama.
Comparison between the sales of the web novel in the middle of September to ten day period after the premier of the drama led to the result of total 230 times the increase in sales, addressed Naver Webtoon.
Moreover, the novel version of the series topped the chart among Novels listed within Naver Series, and in November the series were translated into Thai and Indonesian language and it topped the global platform as well.
“The success of ‘Reborn Rich’ shows the chain reaction created by Web novel, Webtoon and film,” adding “We will continue on to find great IPs in future.” addressed official from Naver Webtoon.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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