Amazon Launching AmazonCrossing to Publish Foreign-Language Books (and eBooks) in Translation

Amazon announced yesterday the launch of a new publishing imprint, to be called AmazonCrossing, that will release foreign-language books translated into English. It's the second such imprint from Amazon, after AmazonEncore, which takes self-published books and re-publishes them for a wider audience.

AmazonCrossing is an interesting case--it's not necessarily a traditional Amazon move, meaning it's not particularly tech-focused. Instead, Amazon's filling a niche left vacant by traditional...