The surging popularity of the Kindle and Nook allows publishers to offer Spanish-language books in the U.S. at far lower prices than for printed copies, says Los Angeles Times.

“For decades, finding Spanish-language books in the U.S. was like tilting at windmills,” says Los Angeles Times. “Booksellers stocked few titles in the language of Cervantes, and those they carried came at a hefty premium. A paperback copy of Don Quijote in the original Spanish could easily cost triple the price of a deluxe hard-bound translation in English — if it could be found at all.” Read the complete story here.