International Bestselling Author Paulo Coelho's books are now available in Portuguese exclusively in Kindle Store Worldwide, according to today's Business Wire from Seattle. 17 of Coelho's books, including "The Alchemist," are downloadable right away. It's the first time any of these have been available as e-books, and the Kindle Store exclusive will be for six months.Amazon adds ""The Alchemist," was a No. 1 bestselling title in 74 countries. "The Alchemist" also holds the 2008 Guinness World Record for the most translated book in the world (67 languages in over 150 countries)." And:
' "The great opportunity that Kindle offers to a writer is that it allows readers who are not in their country and do not have access to their local bookstores to immediately access texts in their mother tongue," said Coelho. "Therefore, it is with great joy that I now see all my books in Portuguese, so far only available abroad in a few specialized bookstores, being just a click away from all Portuguese readers that are around the world." '
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