As AmazonCrossing arrives at Frankfurt Book Fair this week, Finland’s Katja Kettu’s ‘The Midwife’ has just been released in English translation.
The Author and His Translator: Working Together Is All the ‘Rage’
‘Translators are wonderful readers,’ says Poland’s top bestseller, Zygmunt Miłoszewski, whose ‘Rage’ is out today (August 1) in its English translation from AmazonCrossing.
New Directions’ Barbara Epler on the State of Translation
Barbara Epler says ‘there hasn’t been a better time for translation here’ in an interview from her perspective at New Directions.
At London Book Fair: AmazonCrossing in Translation Expansion
With a sharp eye for languages ‘under-represented in translation’ and a huge response to its call at Frankfurt Book Fair for submissions, AmazonCrossing, the new leader in translation publication, arrives at London Book Fair in rapid expansion.
Amazon Commits $10 Million to Translations, Prompting Questions
As Amazon invests $10 million its translation project, Susan Bernofsky ask if Amazon is turning translation into a ‘glorified form of self-publishing.’
The Life-Changing Magic of Translations
The buzz at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year is that more translations are finding their way into English language markets through indie publishers.
AmazonCrossing Still Biggest Publisher of Translated Lit in US
Amazon Crossing put out 44 new translations last year, including genre titles, making it again the most prolific publisher of translated fiction in the US.
Amazon’s International Treasure Hunt
In just four years, the Seattle giant has become one of the leading publishers of translated fiction in the United States. And now, it is working on Germany.
You Too Can Start Your Own Translation Publishing House
Will Evans on the of his Dallas-based publishing house, Deep Vellum Press, and his intention to turn American readers into a community of translation lovers.
Amazon Publishing Has First Million Copy Bestseller: What Next?
Amazon Publishing announces that the Hangman’s Daughter series is their first million seller. Is it a cause for concern? Celebration? Or merely surprise that it took this long?