Amazon has launched a new AI translation service for Kindle Direct Publishing authors, giving independent writers a faster way to reach new readers in other languages.

The new tool is called Kindle Translate and it is launching in beta. Only a limited group of KDP authors can access it for now. It can translate between English and Spanish, and from German to English.

Amazon says fewer than 5 per cent of titles on Amazon.com are available in more than one language. Translation is expensive, time consuming and hard to scale at an indie author level. Kindle Translate is marketed as a way to remove that barrier.

Authors using the service can select what languages they want, set prices and publish directly through the KDP portal. Amazon says fully formatted translated books can be published

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