Amazon today announced KDP Kids, designed to help childrenβs book authors prepare, publish, and promote both illustrated and chapter books in Kindle Stores worldwide. Childrenβs book authors can use Amazonβs new Kindle Kidsβ Book Creator tool to easily create illustrated childrenβs books that take advantage of Kindle features like text pop-ups. Once the book is ready, authors can upload it to KDP in just a few simple steps, and use KDPβs category, age and grade range filters to help millions of Amazon customers choose the right books for their kids. Authors can earn royalties of up to 70%, while keeping their rights and maintaining control of their content. Authors can also choose to enroll their books in KDP Select for additional royalty opportunities like Kindle Unlimited and the Kindle Ownersβ Lending Library and access to marketing tools like Kindle Countdown Deals and Free Book Promotions. Get started today at kdp.amazon.com/kids.
βAuthors want to focus on telling great stories and we want to help them do that. No one should have to be a computer programmer to create a beautiful, illustrated Kindle book for kids,β said Russ Grandinetti, Senior Vice President, Kindle. βKindle Kidsβ Book Creator makes it easy. In addition to helping authors craft their books, weβre helping customers find them with things like age and grade range filters.β
By creating a digital edition of their book, authors can reach a whole new audience of Kindle readers who have already downloaded millions of childrenβs books this year.
Some authors got an early look at what KDP Kids offers. βThe new Kindle Kidsβ Book Creator is exactly what Iβve been looking for,β said childrenβs book author Niki Alling. βI was able to create fun popups with ease. I have plans to upgrade my existing childrenβs books with this new tool, and to use it with future books also. I highly recommend it to childrenβs book authors who want to add some extra fun to their eBooks.β
βAs a self-published author, doing all the work myself and being no technical expert, I found this so easy to use,β said children's book author and illustrator Michele Lynn Seigfried. βIt will definitely save me time and money when I publish my future books.β
βSince Iβve published books for children of all ages, itβs a big plus that the Kindle Store helps parents find books by their kidsβ age range,β said childrenβs science books author Seymour Simon. βKDP gave me all the tools and information I needed to get my books in front of the right audience.β
To learn more about publishing childrenβs books through KDP, or to download the Kindle Kidsβ Book Creator, visit kdp.amazon.com/kids.