The language gap
40%
Of people globally lack access to education in a language they speak and understand fluently, according to UNESCO.
Textbooks & Economy
Textbooks that fit the classroom.
Explore textbooks by subject, grade, and teaching language. We work with educators and local print shops to review editions and plan an affordable print run close to the learners who need it.
- Languages agreed with local educators
- Grades 3 to 12
- Print files free to local shops
The gap
The right book starts with the classroom.
Language, availability, and syllabus fit all matter. Review these together before choosing a textbook for a classroom.
Book availability
Plan the
print run.
Start with the books learners can access. Confirm the class size, available copies, local printing options, and the price families would pay.
Syllabus & language
Review the
edition.
Choose material with local teachers. Check the grade, subject coverage, teaching language, and examples before arranging a print run.
The bottleneck
What can stand between a book and a learner.
A useful textbook needs to be affordable, available, and relevant to the class. These are the practical questions we work through with educators and local businesses.
What goes wrong
- Donated curriculum, written for a different country, doesn't match the ministry exam.
- Imported textbooks can be difficult for families to afford.
- Central publishers and distributors take most of the margin before it ships.
- Books in the official language, when the classroom is taught in a local one.
- One title for the whole region, no version for the dialect or grade actually being taught.
What we change
- Each title is written for the ministry syllabus the student is tested on.
- Printed at the cheapest competent print shop within driving distance of the school.
- Sold by neighborhood retailers under a Capyo license, no central distributor in between.
- Written in the language of the classroom, with the dialect a teacher actually uses.
- One title per country, per grade, per language. As many editions as the country needs.
Capyo Textbooks
The book they need, made where they are.
Grade-level textbooks, written with local educators, in the language of the classroom. Printed at a shop on the same street as the school. Sold by the neighborhood retailer down the road.
Subjects available
Ask about editions for your country, grade, and teaching language.
Check subjects and editionsScience
Biology Physics Chemistry Earth Sciences Ecology
Mathematics
Arithmetic Geometry Algebra Statistics Trigonometry
World Geography
Physical Human Climate Maps & Atlases Regional
History
World History Your country's Ancient Modern
English as a Second Language
Reading Writing Speaking Grammar
French, Language & Identity
Reading Writing Culture Civics
Civics & Citizenship
Government Rights Society Public Health
Other Languages
Kirundi Kreyòl isiZulu Spanish + on request
Written
With local educators, not for them.
Each title is co-developed with a teacher network in the region. Same syllabus the students will be tested on, in the language they actually speak in class. If a Capyo book ships in a country, a teacher from that country wrote it.
Printed
At the print shop down the road.
We hand the print file to local print shops for free. They run the job on their existing presses, on their schedule. No shipping, no customs, no central plant. If you can print a wedding program in town, you can print a Capyo textbook.
Sold & reinvested
By the bookshop on the corner.
A bookstore, a stationery shop, a market stall. We pass the file to neighborhood retailers free of charge. They print or stock, set a fair price for the community, and keep the margin. Every book is a paying job in the country it is sold in.
Built by educators, printed by neighbors, paid forward.
Jobs & economy
Every book pays a salary in the country it was made for.
A textbook in a Capyo classroom is not only a textbook. It is a paid print run at a local shop, a seasonal product on a neighborhood retailer's shelf, a royalty for the local educator who wrote it, and a margin that stays in the community. We give the files free, and three small businesses get to earn from each title.
$0
Licensing fee to local print shops and retailers. We hand over the file. They keep what they earn.
100%
Of the margin stays with the print shop and the retailer. No central distributor takes a cut.
3hands
Earn from every title. The local print shop, the neighborhood retailer, and the educator who co-wrote it.
The pair
Works with the Capyo platform.
Printed material and digital lessons can support the same syllabus. Teachers review the edition and classroom content together so students know which material to use.
When the platform is running.
Students can read a published class textbook alongside their digital lessons. Teachers choose the editions available to the class.
When it isn't.
A printed book remains available without a device or internet connection. Use it for the material covered in that edition.
From curriculum to classroom
See the digital side
of the lesson.
Teachers can organize units and topics in Capyo, then develop the content students use. This recording shows the curriculum workspace and a unit draft.
Explore the teaching tools →Review the curriculum map and open a unit draft. This preview does not publish a course.
If you run a print shop, a bookstore, or a school, talk to us.
We give print files free to local businesses in every country we ship to. The form goes straight to a founder. Tell us where you are and what you can do, and we will route you to the right person on the team.