Amazon Launches Kindle Book Store in India

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­Amazon has launched its Kndle Store in India. The Indian Kindle Store offers over one million books, now available for India customers priced in Indian Rupees, including 70 of 100 Nielsen Bestsellers. In addition, customers can now purchase the Kindle e-book reader at Croma retail stores across India.

"We are proud to launch this new Kindle store for Indian customers - offering Kindle book purchases in rupees and the ability to buy and read the work of many great Indian authors," said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle Content, Amazon.com. "In addition, we are excited to work with Croma to make Kindle available at retail outlets across India."

Amazon also launched Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) for independent authors and publishers in India. KDP is a way for authors and publishers to make their books available to Kindle customers in India and around the world on both Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps. New features for authors and publishers in India include the ability to set prices specific for India, as well as receive royalty payments in rupees.

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