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Contact UsIntroduction
There are several options for making eBooks available for Amazon Kindle devices and applications. Which option
is best for you depends upon the nature of your publications (such as your source file format), your
available resources and technical expertise, and your eBook sales model. To help you choose, here are
examples of common publishing scenarios and recommendations:
- For publishers with many titles to convert and the expertise to create Kindle books in-house using Kindle Publisher Tools software, see Creating Kindle Books In-House Using Kindle Publisher Tools.
- For publishers who don't want to convert titles in-house or do not have the technical expertise to do so, outsourcing to a conversion house is described in Third-Party Conversion Services.
- For self-publishers or authors who want to take advantage of Amazon's self-service tools to create Kindle books and sell them on Amazon, see Kindle Direct Publishing.
