[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] Naver Webtoon announced on the 25th that the web novel "Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (Jeondoksi)" serviced on Naver Webtoon recorded sales of 1.6 billion KRW within one month of its launch as a webtoon.
The web novel, which started in 2018 and has already been completed, saw a sales increase effect as it became a hot topic after being adapted into a webtoon.
Naver Webtoon analyzed that the number of readers looking for the original work increased as "Jeondoksi" was released as a webtoon.
The web novel "Jeondoksi" tells the story of the protagonist "Kim Dokja," who faces a world that has changed according to the content of a long novel he had read one day, and struggles to survive in this world. "Jeondoksi" is also planned to expand into overseas markets in the future.
Park Jeyeon, leader of Naver Webtoon Series Web Novels, said, "Naver Series is the best integrated platform in Korea where web novels and webtoons can create synergy effects, and we plan to create more cases like the second and third Jeondoksi in the future."
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