Shouting out to the World!

Shouting out to the World!: A Run for the Dream, Bigbang's 13,140 Days Challenge

The cover of the first edition
Authors BIGBANG, Kim Se-a[1]
Original title 세상에 너를 소리쳐!: 꿈으로의 질주, 빅뱅 13,140일의 도전[1]
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Subject Personal narrative
Publisher Sam & Parkers[1]
Publication date
 January 28, 2009[1]
Media type Print (paperback)[1]
Pages 280 (first edition)[1]
ISBN 978-8-992-64760-1

Shouting out to the World!: A Run for the Dream, Bigbang's 13,140 Days Challenge is a book released by South Korean group, BIGBANG, on January 28, 2009. The book is actually more a book about self-development than one that is of Bigbang’s autobiography. It's a story about 5 teenagers achieving their dreams. Each member tell the story of their own journey & growth as they pursued their dreams. They also tell their feelings after realizing their dreams and their thought about what comes afterwards.

After the release the book instantly becomes a hot topic and after one month 300,000 copies already been sold.[2] Good response for the book not only comes from the group fans. It has been a topic of discussion since the recommendation of various names such as businessmen, literary circles, and religious groups.[3] [4] It become no.1 on best seller list for 6 straight weeks[5] and after 5 months the book already sold over 400,000 copies resulting in around KRW 4.5 billion revenues.[3]

Critical Reception

H21 news outlet refer the book as "Book of hopes" also said about the book, "A brilliant and deep idol confession: Bigbang on taking on the challenge of being an idol. Bigbang’s story proved that dreams can become a reality. Their passion and sincerity touched the lives of a lot of people and removed the preconception about them as being mere entertainers."[5]

Kim Nan-do, a Consumer Science Professor at Seoul National University, said "Since their birth, they have participated and shared with the community. The group was completed through communication with consumers and grew as they felt a sense of identity. Bigbang is a prime example of 'Web marketing 2.0'."[6]

Awards

Year Recipient Award Result Ref.
2010 Shouting out to the World! H21's 2009 Book of the Year Won [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "세상에 너를 소리쳐!". 쌤앤파커스 (in Korean). Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "[한경 소비자대상] 쌤앤파커스 '세상에 너를 소리쳐!'‥빅뱅의 꿈과 열정…4050까지 사로잡아". hankyung.com (in Korean). 1 July 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "빅뱅 책, 각계 명사 추천 쇄도…한달만에 30만부 판매". inews24. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "세상에 너를 소리쳐" (in Korean). Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "[출판]화려한 아이돌의 깊은 속내". h21.hani.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ "빅뱅의 성공학…`스토리텔링마케팅`통해 빅뱅브랜드 전파". mk.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved June 1, 2017.
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