Shōsetsuka ni Narō
| Commercial | Yes |
|---|---|
| Created by | Yusuke Umezaki |
| Launched | April 2, 2004 |
Alexa rank |
 927 (March 2016)[1] |
| Current status | Online |
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (小説家になろう, lit. "Let's Become a Novelist") is a Japanese user-generated novel publishing website created by Yusuke Umezaki. It was launched on April 2, 2004. Users can upload their novels free of charge and the novels are also free to read. The site hosts over 280,000 novels, has over 500,000 registered users and it receives over 1 billion page views per month.[2]
Over one hundred novel series uploaded to the site have been acquired by various publishers. The most successful of these are Log Horizon, serialized from 2010 before being acquired by Enterbrain in 2011[3] and The Irregular at Magic High School, which was serialized between 2008 and 2011 before being acquired by Dengeki Bunko.[4]
Futabasha's light novel label Monster Bunko was established on July 30, 2014, which exclusively publishes series that originated on Shōsetsuka ni Narō.
References
- ↑ "syosetu.com Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ↑ "口コミだけで月間10億PV、ベストセラー続々 京都発の小説投稿サイト「小説家になろう」の歩み". itmedia.co.jp. December 25, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Log Horizon Fantasy Novels Get TV Anime By Satelight". Anime News Network. January 24, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ↑ Satō, Tsutomu (March 3, 2011). "Important Announcement" (in Japanese). Syosetu.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)