Amazon.fr launched the first French-language Kindle and the French...
Amazon.fr launched the first French-language Kindle and the French Kindle Store Friday, with 35,000 French-language Kindle books, including all 28 L'Express best sellers, “hundreds” of popular graphic novels and more than 4,000 free classics, the company said. The store also offers customers more than 825,000 titles in English and other languages, it said. Customers can change the language from the device settings page, according to a company spokeswoman. The French-language Kindle, a 6-inch, Wi-Fi, E Ink monochrome-display model that’s part of the international line, is sold at Amazon.fr for 99 Euros, Amazon said. The U.S. Amazon website lists it for $109. In addition to the U.S., Amazon sells Kindles in the U.K. and Germany. The spokeswoman wouldn’t comment on plans regarding additional international models.