Amazon.in Launches Tamil Book Store

Amazon.in has announced the launch of its Tamil books store with a wide selection of over 8000 titles making it the largest Tamil book store in India. This veritable paradise of Tamil books offers a wide selection ranging from Classics, Literature, Fiction, Biographies, Business and Finance, Self-help, Cook books to Children’s books and more by famous authors such as Kalki S Krishnamoorthy, Kannadhasan, Sujatha, Balakumaran, Sandilyan, Indra Soundarajan, Madhan, Vairamuthu, Jeyamohan and Jayakanthan amongst several others. Additionally, readers can also get their hands on Tamil translations of English best sellers. The store also has a wide selection of books in its €˜Language, Linguistics and writing’ section for customers who wish to hone their Tamil skills or learn other languages like English, Telugu, Urdu, etc. with instructions in Tamil.

€œIn line with our vision to enable customers to find, discover & buy anything online, we are continuously working towards bringing more selection in books in various Indian languages for our consumers. The dedicated Tamil book store on Amazon.in enables a convenient and easy access for our customers, based anywhere in India, to a huge selection of Tamil books,” said Samir Kumar, Director, Amazon India. We are confident that this easy accessibility will encourage not only the avid book readers but also occasional as well as new readers to read Tamil language books,” he adds. €œe-commerce is indeed a giant step forward for regional language books. Even with enough patrons worldwide, publishers of books in these languages today, find it difficult to expose their entire collections to the target readers. Amazon.in’s initiative will go a long way in providing a platform with wide selection and accessibility to the readers in getting the books of their choice,€ said Badri, Director of Kizhakku Pathippagam.

Using Amazon'€™s intuitive search & browse experience, customers can discover books from different genres like Business & Economics, Personal development & Self-help, Health & fitness, History and Politics, Romance, Collection of poems, Crime, Thriller and Mystery, Religion and Spirituality. The Tamil book store will offer more than 1500 popular titles for next day delivery in 20 cities across the country including Chennai.

Customers on www.amazon.in can now shop with ease and confidence from over 15 million products across categories including Books, Movies and TV shows; Kindle Devices, Tablets and eBooks; Computers & Accessories; Mobiles & Accessories; Consumer Electronics; Toys & Games; Baby Products; Personal Care Appliances; Health Care Devices; Watches; Fashion Jewellery; Home and Kitchen; Beauty Products; Video Games; Music; Luggage & Bags; Handbags & Clutches and Sports, Fitness & Outdoor equipment and now Health & Personal Care products, Shoes; women'€™s Ethnic wear; Sunglasses; women'€™s Intimate wear; Denim wear for men; men'€™s Inner wear and Kids wear .