In Celebration of World Book Day, AmazonCrossing Aims to Connect One Million Readers with Kindle Books in Translation
April 17 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
For one week, U.S. customers can download free
Kindle books in translation from a diverse list of nine books
curated by AmazonCrossing editors
Visit amazon.com/readtheworld to download free
books in translation and #readtheworld
(NASDAQ:AMZN) —AmazonCrossing, the largest publisher of
translated fiction in the United States, today announced that U.S.
readers can download free Kindle books in translation for one week
in honor of World Book Day—the annual April 23rd celebration of
reading across the globe. Customers can download the
English-language translation of award-winning foreign-language
books curated by AmazonCrossing editors starting today and
concluding at 11:59pm PDT on April 24 by visiting
amazon.com/readtheworld.
“We believe books have the power to connect us across language,
country, and culture,” said Mikyla Bruder, Publisher of Amazon
Publishing. “Today we are making an investment in books in
translation and giving readers access to stories from diverse
cultural perspectives with an aim to reach one million readers in
honor of World Book Day.”
AmazonCrossing is the literature in translation imprint of
Amazon Publishing, translating award-winning, best-selling and
important contemporary books from around the globe. In 2015,
AmazonCrossing made a $10 million commitment to increase the number
and diversity of its books in translation and today’s announcement
is an extension of that commitment.
Customers can choose free Kindle books in translation from a
list curated by AmazonCrossing editors:
- A River in Darkness: One Man’s
Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa, translated from
Japanese by Risa Kobayashi and Martin Brown: An Amazon Charts
bestselling memoir about one man’s harrowing escape from the
oppression of North Korea.
- The House by the River by
Lena Manta, translated from Greek by Gail Holst-Warhaft: An
epic saga of love, adventure and family from Greece’s reigning #1
best-selling author.
- Still Waters by Viveca Sten,
translated from Swedish by Marlaine Delargy: The first book in
the nearly 4 million-copy best-selling Swedish Sandhamn Murders
series.
- The Great Passage by Shion
Miura, translated from Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter:
This award-winning novel, adapted into a major motion picture,
about the making of a Japanese dictionary is a reminder that a life
dedicated to passion is a life well lived.
- Last Train to Istanbul by
Ayşe Kulin, translated from Turkish by John W. Baker: A
sweeping story of love, adventure and compassion, about a young
Turkish couple traversing Nazi-occupied Europe to gain their
freedom, from one of Turkey’s most beloved authors.
- The Gray House by Mariam
Petrosyan, translated from Russian by Yuri Machkasov: An
astounding and award-winning tale of a mesmerizing space where
disabilities symbolize strengths.
- The Question of Red by Laksmi
Pamuntjak, translated from Indonesian by Laksmi Pamuntjak: A
saga of love, revolution and resilience and one woman’s courage to
forge her own path, from an award-winning Indonesian novelist.
- The Light of the Fireflies by
Paul Pen, translated from Spanish by Simon Bruni: A haunting
page-turner about a boy who lives underground and discovers that
light exists in even the darkest of places.
- Ten Women by Marcela Serrano,
translated from Spanish by Beth Fowler: A group of women with
divergent life stories bond over triumphs and heartaches in this
beautiful tale about universal connections from an award-winning
Chilean author.
In addition to downloading free Kindle books in translation,
readers can visit amazon.com/readtheworld for a live count
of Kindle pages read during the promotion from these
nine AmazonCrossing books as customers #readtheworld. This live
view of reader engagement is powered by Amazon Charts in
celebration of World Book Day.
About Amazon Publishing
Launched in the U.S. in 2009, Amazon Publishing is the
publishing arm of Amazon.com and publishes literary and commercial
fiction and nonfiction. Today, Amazon Publishing is a global
publisher with offices in Seattle, New York, Grand Haven,
Luxembourg, London, Munich, Milan, Madrid, and Paris.
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