As a special treat to celebrate the recent Chinese Lunar New Year of the Dog, Amazon recently made available 13 titles in their exclusive AmazonCrossing publishing line for English translations of international authors’ foreign-language works, many of them bestselling and/or award-winning.
The selection includes a broad mix of sf/fantasy/horror, mystery/crime thrillers, contemporary and historical fiction, and even chick-lit by Chinese authors from China and Hong Kong.
Originally a US-only offer, some of the titles have begun to show up free for selected other countries around the world.
Here’s Amazon’s official Twitter announcement which will lead you to their dedicated promo page which only shows 8 of the available free books, alongside some suggested Chinese culture and language learning titles. This filtered search link should show all the ones still available, and if they’re $0.00 in your country or become so later.
Direct-links and authors/titles/descriptions are under the cut, if you’re interested.
Offered in the US, with 3 out of 13 titles also now free in Canada, Australia, South America, and Japan, available at Amazon.