As I reported some time back, Blogging Heroes is out in a Korean edition, shown here. It's also available in Brazil, in Portuguese.I can't tell how it's doing in Brazil, though there are many positive reviews. But in Korea the book has really taken off. Sales quotient numbers indicate that it's outselling the bestselling iPhone book in Korean. A reporter from Seoul's daily newspaper is traveling here to interview me next month.
The demand seemed odd at first. Then I learned that 95 percent of South Korea's 50 million citizens have access to broadband. Plus, South Korea is said to be the most-connected cellphone nation on the planet, too. SMS messaging has influenced the outcome of elections. Back to blogging, in 2005 there was an estimate of 11.7 million as the number of bloggers in the country. This is not difficult to believe, even though it means 20 percent of the population are bloggers.
(Update, 6/15: As holterbarbour astutely pointed out, the iPhone is not offered in South Korea. I stupidly did not stop to consider that. The iPhone book is offered there, however.)
ISPs have pushed blogs heavily, along with other kinds of social networking. One company, Navar.com, was said to have included a massive TV campaign. Business blogs appear to be popular and on the rise.
--Mike
2 comments:
I'm sure there's a more impressive measuring stick out there than a book on phones in Korean...iPhones are not available in Korea.
Ha! You're right ... but they are actually offering the iPhones book, though I obviously didn't stop to think about the lack of iPhone availability in South Korea.
--Mike
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