Jeff Kinney is one of the most popular children’s book authors on the planet. More than 75 million copies of the first six books in his “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series are in print in 41 languages. They just haven’t been available in a digital format. But that’s about to change.
The series’ publisher, Amulet Books, announced Monday that it would release the first six titles in the illustrated series as Wimp-E-Books. The e-books will be available for download on Oct. 30 and are available for pre-order now through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
They haven’t been available digitally due to a combination of technical issues and Kinney’s personal reservations. He said both have now been overcome to his satisfaction.
