From copyright clearance and design to production and distribution, XanEdu’s many options help districts create quality, compliant materials—in just four easy steps.
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With XanEdu, custom books can include virtually any content type, including:
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XanEdu experts review all items to identify those that require permission from the rights owners. We’ll manage the entire process—including permission clearance and royalty payments—indemnifying your district from potential copyright infringement and allowing you to use your personalized materials risk-free.
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Pulling content from various sources means working with a variety of fonts, layouts, and designs. A lot can go wrong. XanEdu’s team of experts brings together your custom material and presents it with professional, classroom-ready design. We’ll work closely with you to determine the sequencing and sectioning of material, cover design, binding type, page size and formatting, and any other custom touches you need for your book.
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Once you finalize your content, it’s time for production. You choose the format that works best for your students: print or digital. For print materials, XanEdu will guide you through choosing specifications that align with your budget while meeting students’ needs.
If you choose to print your materials, we have you covered.
As we prepare for shipping, XanEdu will work with you to ensure every box ends up in the right place. You can send your materials to any location, including central district buildings, individual locations throughout the district, and warehouse storage for later retrieval when you need them.
Prioritize
Supplement outdated textbooks where you’ve already identified gaps in content.
Fill Curriculum Gaps
If leaders and educators identified new topics, you can easily add them.
Think Beyond Your School
Is there potential for district-wide application of the content you’re considering?
Create Supplemental Material
Support existing strategies with items such as supplemental readers.
Kickoff
You get a project lead and at least one permissions editor to manage assessment, research, rights holder communication, and licensing.
Assessment
The first step is always assessing content for the likelihood of permission to use and assigning each item as low or high risk.
Research & Request
XanEdu’s expert team of permissions editors are uniquely qualified at tracking down the correct rights holder when rights change.
Progress Reports
Get live visibility to licensing request statuses through regular check-ins so that you have access to your permissions anytime.
Indemnification & Authorization Documentation
We provide documentation summarizing the specific license terms for each item approved for use and the credit lines to include in the published product.
Final Approval
Our customers always have the final approval on what content is licensed.
Ongoing Support
XanEdu will house all of the licensing information and terms for the duration of the licenses so it’s always available if you need it.
Create an Engaging Design
Make your custom book a page-turner and a head-turner with a unique, engaging design.
Meet Student Needs
Remember to include student needs when thinking about the text. Is there a specific order in which the content needs to be presented? Do you need a larger-sized font?
Accentuate and Highlight
If there are items and areas that need to stand out, we’ll help you find the best way to emphasize them.
Keep Original Look and Feel
We can ensure that items that need to keep their original look and feel, such as maps, are in proper form.
Student Needs
Create additional white space for notes. Create perforated pages for easy tear-out and hand-in.
5 Binding Options
Create the optimal experience. For example: coil bound will open flat or perfect bound for higher page counts.
Choices for a Variety of Budgets
We have bindings, trim sizes, paper weights, and cover weights to fit nearly every budget.
Digital Custom Books
Viewable with XanEdu’s secure interactive digital reader, digital custom books give students access to materials from desktop computers, laptops, and tablets.
