Ebook Publishing File Size

You can search for your favorite book in the kindle store and then proceed to the product details section.

Ebook publishing file size. For example a single high resolution image size can be around 3 5 mb. Files larger than 50mb will fail to convert. Standard 8 5 x 11 page size ensures that any included images will be at least large enough for the ipad.

Therefore if you have an ebook that is 1 700 pixels wide this would make the height 1 700 x 1 5 2550 pixels. Kindle publishing guidelines these guidelines describe the primary ways publishers authors and conversion houses can make their content available for amazon kindle devices and applications. Once there look for the file size and you will find the size of that kindle book.

800 1000 pixels tall by 550 700 pixels wide. The max file size for kindle digital publishing is 50 mb. For your book cover amazon recommends a file size of 40 mb or less.

1 kilobyte kb is around 1 000 bytes. In the amazon kindle publishing guidelines amazon recommend producing files that are double the size of the kindle fire screen to support 2x zoom. All that being said if you re writing your book in word we recommend just leaving the page size set to standard 8 5 x 11 inches in portrait as opposed to landscape.

1 megabyte mb is around 1 000 kb. Cover and full page images. All images must be in png jpg or tif format 72 dpi and in rgb color mode.

While the requirements differ for different ebook publishing sites based on my experience as a general rule ebook covers should be at least 1500 to 1 800 pixels wide and have heights that are around 1 5 greater than the width. That said the 650 mb maximum file size applies to your book cover too. The guidelines include suggestions to ensure a smooth conversion and publication process.