The news of author Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature caused chaos, causing a paralysis of large bookstore sites at one point.
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 topped the list, "Here Comes a Boy" came in second, and "The news of each Han River's Nobel Prize in Literature caused chaos in which large bookstore sites were once paralyzed."
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 bestsellers, vegetarians ranked first, boys are coming second, "I don't say goodbye" is third, "Greek Time" is fourth, the poetry collection "Putting Dinner in the Drawer" is fifth, "White" is sixth, "Vegetarian" (revised edition) is seventh, "The Essence Cell" is eighth, and boys are coming (special edition) is ninth.
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, 'It's Han River and I 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 are not able to accurately count sales right now," he said.
Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.
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