Madonna’s book to be here, there, everywhere

Harry Potter taught kids around the world the joy of reading. Now Madonna is going global in the thriving kids’ book business with a publishing first.

The pop superstar’s first children’s book, “The English Roses,” is being published simultaneously Monday in more than 100 countries and 30 languages.

State-of-the-art computer technology has sent language barriers tumbling so printing plants around the world can spring into action in every tongue from French to Faroese.

“This is a publishing first with regard to numbers of languages and territories,” said Nicholas Callaway, president of the New York-based Callaway Editions, the originating publisher, who has coordinated the global release. More than 1 million copies are hitting bookstores around the world next week.

From Reuters