Let the Ukrainian Language be supported by Amazon (kindle, ebooks)

The Issue

Ukrainian is surprisingly not among the languages supported by Amazon for digital publications.

KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) already accepts e-books written in many languages. Yet Ukrainian is NOT supported for e-books to be available for reading on Kindle (devices or app)  or compatible e-readers and tablets...!

This affects about 45 millions Ukrainian-speaking people around the world.

This PETITION aims at encouraging or persuading AMAZON to consider commencing supporting UKRAINIAN because:

  • UNICODE character set allows the correct and perfect displaying of Ukrainian text on e-Readers, including the few the accents (verified on Kindle e-readers by us petitioners!)
  • We cannot purchase our favorite Ukrainian writers' books even though they are very much willing to sell e-books.
    I know all of my favorite modern Ukrainian writers ARE willing to sell e-books, but Amazon won't let them, because our language is not on the supported list!
  • Some languages that are much harder to support - non-Latin, some left-to-right languages - are already in Beta stage on Kindle and are supported for e-books. Supporting Ukrainian should be not just flipping a switch, but close to that in terms of complexity; it needs rather good will than an effort.

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The Issue

Ukrainian is surprisingly not among the languages supported by Amazon for digital publications.

KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) already accepts e-books written in many languages. Yet Ukrainian is NOT supported for e-books to be available for reading on Kindle (devices or app)  or compatible e-readers and tablets...!

This affects about 45 millions Ukrainian-speaking people around the world.

This PETITION aims at encouraging or persuading AMAZON to consider commencing supporting UKRAINIAN because:

  • UNICODE character set allows the correct and perfect displaying of Ukrainian text on e-Readers, including the few the accents (verified on Kindle e-readers by us petitioners!)
  • We cannot purchase our favorite Ukrainian writers' books even though they are very much willing to sell e-books.
    I know all of my favorite modern Ukrainian writers ARE willing to sell e-books, but Amazon won't let them, because our language is not on the supported list!
  • Some languages that are much harder to support - non-Latin, some left-to-right languages - are already in Beta stage on Kindle and are supported for e-books. Supporting Ukrainian should be not just flipping a switch, but close to that in terms of complexity; it needs rather good will than an effort.
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The Decision Makers

Amazon KDP
Amazon KDP
Amazon.com, inc
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