If you create Kindle illustrations with much larger dimensions, they’ll look amazing on Fire HD and HDX and still look great on Paperwhite, Kindle DX and older eInk devices. I’m convinced that targeting the high resolution HDX instead of the lowest common denominator is the better path to follow. Before ignoring the conventional wisdom to […]
Let Sigil Make the NCX File
Several years ago, I wrote an article about making an NCX file manually. At that time, nearly everybody was using Mobipocket Creator to format Kindle books from Word or HTML files. Amazon decreed that an NCX (Navigation Control XML) file was required, but MPC was not designed to generate one, although it did just about […]
Full-screen Interior eBook Images
There is no perfect full-screen or maximum size for interior images in an eBook although there is some agreement on universal dimensions that work on most eReader devices. eBook cover sizes have settled down*, but if you search for complete information about interior images, you’ll find little more than waffling, incomplete information, and general avoidance […]
Kindle Catalog Cover Update
As you probably know, Kindle cover images for the Amazon product catalog can be much larger in both dimensions and file-size than the cover that appears inside the book. The latest Kindle Publishing Guidelines spell it out. Interestingly, verbiage about the “shortest side” (formerly a minimum of 500px) has been dropped in favor of simplified […]
Book Covers with Kindlegen 2.4
Important! Cover image production has changed since this post was written. Amazon now uses the large product image for the inside cover. The parts about how Kindlegen crunches large and/or high quality interior images still apply, but meticulous production of an inside cover is no longer unnecessary. Kindlegen 1.1 (released June 30, 2010) doubled the Kindle […]
Kindle Maximum Image Size
Do you have illustrations meant to fill the available viewing space on a Kindle page? If so, there are a couple of things you need to know: The dimensions of the viewable area on the Kindle device. Unlike a book cover, which fills the screen at 600 by 800 pixels, pages have margins on all […]
Kindle book cover size
A Kindle book has two cover images that serve different purposes and cause a lot of confusion: The cover image that displays on your Kindle or Kindle reading app The cover image in the amazon.com product catalog Numerous questions posted on the Amazon Digital Text Platform (DTP) Support Forums are about the dimensions and file […]