Amazon Launches Support for Arabic Language Books on Kindle

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ: AMZN) — Amazon announced today that Kindle customers around the
globe can now enjoy reading from a growing selection of more than 12,000
Arabic language Kindle books on Kindle devices and the free Kindle app
for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets and Fire Tablets. Starting
today, readers will find a large digital selection of popular Arabic
language titles in the Kindle Store including books from leading authors
like Naguib Mahfouz, and Nizar Qabani, best-sellers like Al Aswad
Yaliko Biki and Harbo Alkalbi Athania (winner of the 2018
International Prize for Arabic Fiction), classics like Ibn Khaldoun’s
Muqadimah, Al-Mutanabbi’s anthology, and Kalila wa Dimna as
well as translated English language bestsellers like How to Win
Friends and Influence People, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, A Tale
of Two Cities and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Customers can shop for Arabic language Kindle books on existing Amazon
websites including www.amazon.com/KindleArabic,
www.amazon.co.uk/KindleArabic,
and www.amazon.de/arabischeEbooks.

“We are excited to make Arabic language Kindle books available to the
hundreds of millions of Arabic speakers around the world,” said David
Naggar, Vice President of Kindle. “This is another step in our ongoing
work to provide more choice and selection to readers.”

Amazon has brought the same Kindle features that customers around the
world love to Arabic language reading. With the Kindle app and Kindle
devices, you can sample books prior to purchase, easily look up words in
a dictionary, personalize your reading experience by adjusting text
size, margin settings, and background color, search text inside a book,
and highlight your favorite book quotes.

“We are thrilled to offer our leading Arabic language book selection to
Kindle customers around the world,” said Bassam Chebaro, CEO of Arab
Scientific Publishers. “We’ve already seen great interest from our
finest authors, writers, and scholars, to publish their Arabic titles
for Kindle.”

“Finally, my work will reach Arabic readers across the world,” said
Ahlam Mosteghanemi, best-selling author. “I am thrilled that Amazon has
opened this service, breaking the distances between the Arabic book and
its readers.”

Publish Your Arabic language Books with Kindle
Direct Publishing

The support of Arabic language books on Kindle also creates new
opportunities for authors, who can now self-publish their books in
Arabic with Kindle Direct Publishing, which enables authors to easily
upload their e-Books and reach millions of readers around the world. To
learn more about Kindle Direct Publishing please visit: http://kdp.amazon.com.

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