Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) launched the Beta Version of Amazon's Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign(R). It is a new tool that allows publishers to easily make titles available for Amazon Kindle by converting Adobe InDesign(R) files directly into Amazon Kindle books.

The plug-in is a free download which allows publishers and content creators to take existing print-ready files and create Amazon Kindle books easily.

Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, Kindle Content said: "Our aim is to make it simple, fast and cost-effective for publishers to create Kindle books."

"The release of Amazon Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign(R) is another step toward this goal. We look forward to feedback from publishers on how we can improve and what additional features they'd like to see."

Amazon's Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign(R) contains features that make it easier and faster to create Kindle content, such as:

  • Maintain font styling information, text alignment and paragraph alignment
  • Export images present in the book into the Kindle bookAdd a cover page, links within the book, bullets and numbering
  • Specify the Table of Contents to use for the Kindle bookSupport tables
  • Work with Adobe InDesign(R) version CS4, CS5 in Windows (XP, Vista, 7) and Mac (10.5 and 10.6)

Visit Amazon's website for more information and to download Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign(R) for free.