Author Han Kang's news of winning the Nobel Prize in Literature caused chaos in which a large bookstore site was once paralyzed by a flood of related orders.
According to Kyobo Bookstore on the 10th, complaints were received that the Kyobo Bookstore site was not connected well and the page was not turned over well due to a lag.
Kyobo Bookstore said, "We did not expect Han River to win the prize, so we do not have a book at the moment," adding, "We are urgently contacting Changbi and Munhakdongne, who published Han River's books."
Yes24 also said, "We heard a complaint that there was a little delay when we opened the site," adding, "However, mobile is working smoothly now."
Despite the site paralysis, Han's works are selling like hot cakes.
According to Kyobo Bookstore's real-time bestseller, vegetarian ranked No. 1, boy is coming 2nd, 'I don't say goodbye' is 3rd, 'Greek Time' is 4th, 'I put dinner in the drawer' is 5th, 'White' is 6th, 'Vegetarian' (revised edition) is 7th, 'The Essence Cell' is 8th, and boy is coming (special edition) is 9th.
Kyobo Bookstore said, "The Vegetarian has already run out of stock in 30 minutes with the news of the award," adding, "Customers also expressed their joy by saying, 'We've become Han River' and 'We feel so good.'
In the case of Yes24, the 1st to 10th places were plastered with Han River works.
Yes24 said, "We decided to pre-order 'Vegetarian' or 'Boy is Coming' because we didn't think we could meet the order quantity," adding, "The 'Boy is Coming' will be in stock on Monday, and the 'Vegetarian' will likely come in on Wednesday." We don't have an accurate sales tally right now," he said.
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