Kindle Catalog Cover Update

I have a ratio of 1:1.6

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 . . . → Read More: Kindle Catalog Cover Update

Book Covers with Kindlegen 2.4

Cherry Blossoms

Kindlegen 1.1 (released June 30, 2010) doubled the Kindle image file-size limit from 64KB to 128KB (which became 63KB to 127KB in later documentation). The change was a big leap forward for Kindle authors and readers. Nevertheless, cover image files under 127KB often looked worse for wear after Kindlegen built the .mobi file, even with the . . . → Read More: Book Covers with Kindlegen 2.4

Kindle Format 8

Kindle Format 8 with support for HTML5 and CSS3 is very, very BIG news. Finally, the primitive Mobi7 format with its bizarre and convoluted formatting workarounds will be a thing of the past in a few months.

Amazon’s announcement explains the changes. Their FAQ (at the bottom of the announcement) says that it won’t be . . . → Read More: Kindle Format 8

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 . . . → Read More: Kindle Maximum Image Size

How to Lend a Kindle book

Amazon just announced (December 30, 2010) that eligible Kindle books can be lent once, for a period of 14 days. They have also provided detailed illustrated instructions on amazon.com.

Briefly, there are two ways to determine if a book is lendable and initiate a loan:

Go to the book’s page in the Amazon Kindle store, . . . → Read More: How to Lend a Kindle book


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