webnovel

English

Etymology

From web +‎ novel.

Noun

webnovel (plural webnovels)

1. An online novel.
   • 2020 September 11, Sorahoshi, translated by Amber Tamosaitis, Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?!, Cross Infinite World, →ISBN:

     It would be so much faster to have her read webnovels, but my sister isn't tech savvy and doesn't have a smartphone, so books it is.

   • 2021 May 14, Monica Leonelle, Get Your Book Selling Wide, →ISBN:

     A small subset of webnovels is light novels, which is a term that describes webnovels that have been picked up by a Japanese publisher.

   • 2021 December 14, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Heaven Official’s Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu; volume 1), Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN:

     Many novels, dramas, comics, and animated shows produced in China are based on popular webnovels.

   • 2022 January 4, Kali Wallace, “From Now on I’m Taking All of My Storytelling Lessons From This Wild Epic About Love, Loyalty, and Necromancy”, in Tor.com‎^[1]:

     Maybe not so much in Chinese webnovels, which are delightfully unrestrained and often run to hundreds of chapters, but in many other realms of writing, where an editor would have told the author to cut it out, or the author would have cut it out in anticipation of being told as much.

   • 2022 August 5, Linda Codega, “The Art of Prophecy Brings Martial War Artists to Their Knees”, in Gizmodo‎^[2]:

     Because of the media mentioned above, as well as the growing Western popularity of breakout Chinese shows like The Untamed and Word of Honour (which were originally webnovels), which could be streamed on Netflix, wuxia and xianxia are both experiencing a cultural moment for English-speaking audiences.

   • 2022 August 16, Peter White, “Sera Tabb Joins Wattpad Webtoon As Global Head Of TV & Company Launches Animation Division”, in Deadline Hollywood‎^[3]:

     She will oversee all aspects of development across the studio’s growing slate of series adaptations from Webtoon’s global IP catalog and Wattpad webnovels.