Amazon Expands E-Book Language Support -- a Little
The publisher of a bilingual children's book written in English and Cornish prevailed upon Amazon to issue the book an an e-book after a petition and a social-media campaign, according to the UK Guardian. But Amazon continues to support a very narrow range of languages for e-readers.
The publisher of a bilingual children’s book written in English and Cornish prevailed upon Amazon to issue the e-book after a petition and a social-media campaign, according to the UK Guardian.
Amazon initially told Diglot Books that Esmee Carre’s book, “Matthew and the Wellington Boots,” could not be published because Cornish isn’t a supported language for Kindle e-books. Diglot objected, saying that Cornish had no special characters and that all the Cornish text had been vetted.
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