![]() ![]() The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" has a screen resolution of 2560 x 1600, so if looking good on ALL Kindle devices is your goal, I'd assume that as a minimum size for feeding to KDP. Kindles have a 1.6 aspect, though, so we're not filling the entire screen. Note that at 1.5, this is the same aspect that 6"x9" trade paperbacks have, which can be convenient if you intend to also publish via CreateSpace. Kobo wants covers to be smaller than 5MB, which is often the 3600, but not always. Neither of them care about file size, but Amazon specifically wants a minimum of 1000px on the longer size, and advises that “ for best quality, your image would be 2820 pixels on the shortest side and 4500 pixels on the longest side.” B&N doesn't accept covers larger than 2MB, so we also generate a 1333x2000 jpeg and maybe jack up the compression a bit. Your responses are greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance! posted by LillyBird to Media & Arts (13 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favoriteīest answer: There's not really a standard size that works for all vendors-some care about minimum dimensions, others about maximum file size.įor Amazon and Apple, our house standard is a 2400x3600 jpeg. Is there a standard res/pixel size that will encompass all platforms? I'm also intending on publishing this story to Nook Press, iBooks, and Kobos. In short, what should the resolution and pixel size be to maintain good quality on ALL Kindle devices? Since Amazon charges you a $.15/MB "delivery" charge for the 70% royalty option, I want to keep the overall file size down to the lowest it can be while maintaining the appearance and quality of the cover. ![]() Konrath (links below), who's books are in the range of 250+ pages (much bigger than my SS) with nice book covers that look great on screen, you'll see his file sizes are coming in very low, around 450KB to 700KB. ![]() In fact, if you look at some books by J.A. I'm further confused because when you look at the file sizes on books listed on Amazon, not many, especially short stories, are as big as 5MB. doc file of the story, the overall file size is near 5MB. (As a side-note, this 1563 x 2500 pixels doesn't seem to compute to the standard 6" x 9" cover of a printed book.) When I size the cover to these specs, it's around 4.2MB, even at a 72dpi. The main problem I'm running into is that, according to KDP's instructions, a book cover should be 1563 x 2500 pixels. I am looking for responses from people who have first-hand experience publishing books to KDP with successful file formatting results. I've extensively researched this online (and read KDP's formatting instructions) and am running into a lot of conflicting suggestions. 17K words) to Kindle Direct Publishing for the first time, and I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how to properly format the book cover file. I'm about to publish a short story (approx. ![]()
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