As Amazon invests $10 million its translation project, Susan Bernofsky ask if Amazon is turning translation into a "glorified form of self-publishing."
AmazonCrossing, Amazon Publishing's five year old literary translation imprint, has announced a $10 million commitment over the next five years to increase both the number and diversity of its books in translation.
With 77 titles from 15 countries and 12 languages being published in the U.S. in 2015, AmazonCrossing has become one of the largest publishers of translated literature in the States. The announced investment will go towards fees paid to translators over the next five years, as well as to increasing the countries and languages represented on the AmazonCrossing list, which, since 2010, has included more than 200 titles by authors from 29 countries writing in 19 languages.
