

The addition may be more influential than you think.

Authors can self-publish through Kindle Direct Publishing.

The initial e-book selection spans both popular authors like Nizar Qabanai, classics like Ibn Khaldoun's Muqadimah and translations of English hits like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The texts support all the same font adjustment, search and highlighting features you'd expect in other languages, while over 12,000 books are available worldwide. Amazon may be making it easier, though - it's launching support for Arabic language books on Kindle devices and apps, including a dedicated section on the Kindle Store. Arabic language authors don't get many opportunities in the e-book world, whether it's due to a basic lack of support for the language (which reads right-to-left, is written in cursive and includes pronunciation marks) or the complexities of distributing the books in the first place.
