You can wrap text around a “floated” image in your eBook for Kindle devices that support KF8 formatting. For older Mobi7 Kindles that do not support floated elements, display the image in a centered div or paragraph. To float an element, such as an image or callout, you’ll need to create CSS styles for KF8 Kindles […]
Feed Kindle Fire More Pixels
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 […]
The Difficulty with Drawings
Spectacular pencil drawings may be lousy candidates for book covers. What looks good on a wall can be a pain to transform into a decent cover that stands out in the Amazon catalog. There are several good reasons why you should think very hard about using a drawing as a cover or featured illustration. So […]
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 […]