SEATTLE – ( BUSINESS WIRE ) – (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com KDP Schools Announced today, a new segment of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) designed to help educators and authors Easily prepare, publish, Promote and eTextbooks and other educational content for students to access on a broad range of devices, including tablets Fire, iPad, iPhone, Android smartphones and tablets, Mac, and PC. Educators and authors can use the public beta of Amazon’s new Kindle Textbook Creator tool Easily turn to PDFs of Their textbooks and course materials into Kindle books. Once the book is ready, authors can upload it to KDP in just the last few simple steps to Reach students worldwide. Get started today at kdp.amazon.com/edu.
“Kindle Textbook Creator Makes it easy for anyone to take in PDF and create a richly featured and widely available eTextbook” Chuck said Kronbach, Director, Kindle Direct Publishing. “We look forward to Seeing how authors use the new tool and getting theire feedback to guide you in adding more features to KDP EDU over time.”
Books created with Kindle Textbook Creator offer features for students and other readers That ENHANCE the learning experience, including:
- Multi-Color Highlighting -Highlight and categorize key concepts for easy reference.
- Notebook -Capture key passages, and bookmark images and Them Automatically add to the notebook. Students can add notes and Their Own Them Easily access from one location.
- Flashcards -Create flashcards and study important terms, concepts, and definitions Each chapter in with a simple, easy-to-use interface.
- Dictionary -Find information for Difficult Wikipedia definitions and terms to Improve retention.
- Buy Once, Read Everywhere – Read eTextbooks where students use the most popular devices, including tablets Fire, iPad, iPhone, Android tablets and smartphones, Mac, and PC.
“I’m in love with Kindle Textbook Creator! It’s a great solution for the I Had issues with converting many of my math-intensive print books to Kindle format, “said Chris McMullen, author of Full Color Illustrations of the Fourth Dimension . “Often Educational content includes many equations, graphs, and tables. Kindle Textbook Creator made it easy for me to convert the print version of my geometry book to Kindle readers and reache the even more. “
With KDP, authors can earn royalties of up to 70%, while keeping theire rights and Maintaining Control of Their content. They can also choose to enroll in KDP Select books for theire additional royalty Unlimited opportunities like Kindle and the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, and access to marketing tools like Kindle Free Book Countdown Deals and Promotions.
To learn more Through KDP about publishing textbooks, or to download Kindle Textbook Creator, visit kdp.amazon.com/edu.
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