Tellwell can publish books in nearly any language in paperback and hardcover formats through Ingram, and eBook through Kobo and Smashwords.
However, Kindle Direct Publishing (Amazon) and Apple Books (via Smashwords) do not support all languages, so depending on your book's language, you may not be able to take advantage of one or more of our eBook or Enhanced Amazon distribution channels.
To review the distribution channels included in your publishing package, log in to portal.tellwell.ca and click the purchases tab.
Note that Tellwell currently only offers editing services in English and French.
Jump to language by distribution channel:
- Ingram (paperback and/or hardcover availability through retailers worldwide)
- Kindle Direct Publishing [KDP] (Amazon eBook and Paperback formats)
- Kobo (eBook sales through Indigo/Chapters, Kobo app, and other eBook retailers)
- Smashwords (eBook sales through Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple Books, libraries, and more)
Ingram
For paperback and hardcover formats, Tellwell Managed Distribution titles can be published in virtually all languages through Ingram*. Thousands of booksellers worldwide have the ability list your book, and the most popular retailers that we typically see listing Tellwell books online are Amazon, Chapters/Indigo, Barnes & Noble.
Kindle Direct Publishing [KDP]
We use KDP to publish eBook and paperback (Enhanced Amazon distribution) formats for availability on various Amazon retail sites internationally. KDP supports most popular languages.
The following are languages are supported by Kindle in both eBook and paperback format as of February, 2021 (click here for full list). Languages not shown below are not available through KDP.
Afrikaans | English | Northern Frisian |
Alsatian | Finnish | Norwegian |
Basque | French |
Nynorsk Norwegian
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Bokmål Norwegian | Frisian | Portuguese |
Breton | Galician | Provençal |
Catalan | German | Romansh |
Cornish | Icelandic | Scots |
Corsican | Irish | Scottish Gaelic |
Danish | Italian | Spanish |
Dutch/Flemish | Luxembourgish | Swedish |
Eastern Frisian | Manx | Welsh |
The following languages are supported by Kindle as eBook only
- Arabic
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Indian (Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil)
- Japanese
The following languages are supported by Kindle as paperback only
- Hebrew and Yiddish
- Latin
Kobo
Kobo eBooks can be published in virtually any language. While we initially worked with Kobo because they made Canadian titles available in the eBook format through Indigo/Chapters, since being acquired by Rakuten, the Kobo app is becoming increasingly popular, and makes eBooks available on numerous retail sites worldwide, such as Booktopia in Australia.
Smashwords
Smashwords supports eBook sales in most languages through their own site, the Barnes & Noble Nook app, Apple Books, libraries, and more. However, note that the Apple Books store does not support support the following languages: Old Persian, Aramaic, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Judeo-Persian, Judeo-Arabic, Central Khmer, Lao, and Mon-Khmer.
Note: while your book will be available through retailers like Book Depository (which offers free worldwide shipping), it doesn't necessarily mean that the retail listings of the book will be complete in all markets (for example, amazon.in may only show your book available through third party resellers). Also note that not all applications will be supported in all languages.