Media Goat

Media Goat is an independent, genre-focused publishing house that licenses and adapts Korean web novels and serialized fiction for English-speaking readers. Operating under Heroes Gate Corp, the company focuses on LitRPG, progression fantasy, supernatural drama, and genre thrillers, bringing stories to market in eBook, paperback, hardcover, and audiobook formats.

Its publishing approach combines rights licensing with human-led translation, cultural adaptation, US-based developmental and line editing, custom cover illustration, and production for print, digital, and audio editions. The company positions this process as a creator-focused alternative to machine translation, piracy, and licensing models that can leave original creators undercompensated.

Publishing and reader engagement

Media Goat supports releases with art direction, interior layout, typography, formatting, advertising, convention displays, and reader-launch activity such as Advanced Reader Copy and beta-reader teams. Its catalogue includes Korean web-fiction titles such as The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, The Stellar Swordmaster, A True Doctor, The Shepherd Mage, Mage of the Deep Sea, and Carrier.

The company also works across a two-way publishing model between the United States and South Korea. While Media Goat publishes translated Korean fiction for Western markets, its Seoul-based publishing subsidiary Jakgadabang brings Western LitRPG and progression-fantasy works to Korean readers through local digital platforms.

Focused genre publishing

Media Goat’s work spans:

• Korean web-novel licensing and English-language adaptation
• LitRPG and progression-fantasy publishing
• Human translation and cultural localization
• Print, eBook, hardcover, and audiobook production
• Marketing and fan engagement for genre-fiction releases
• Cross-border distribution of literary intellectual property

The business is active in trade publishing, serialized digital literature, audiobooks, and genre-fiction communities, including convention audiences. Its founding team combines publishing leadership with authors experienced in building direct reader communities in science fiction and fantasy.