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Preparing Images for Ebooks Project – contribute your info
November 18, 2009 | 4:32 pm
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By Paul Biba
Got an email from Michael Pastore, author of 50 Benefits of Ebooks, and he says:
I needed some reference information about images and ebooks — and I couldn’t find it on the Net. So I thought that I would gather this
information in one place.I’m now seeking help to get this ready: can TeleRead announce this project?
I call it the == Preparing Images For Ebooks Project (PIFEP) ==
The tables he needs help with are here. He needs image file formats and info for stuff such as DPI and aspect ratio for a whole slew of equipment. Michael promises to make the final info freely available to all of us. Please leave any info you have as a comment.
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Comments:
I thought most of that information was already available on mobileread?
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
Click on the title for the individual device for more specific information.
There can be a difference between the maximum size that can be displayed in the book itself, and the maximum size for the cover image.
For instance, on the CyBook Gen3, Cover images should be at 600×800 to display full-screen.
Also, for Kindle the recommended maximum size is 63KiB, not 64KiB.
Thank you very much, Frode and Paul.
Frode: that MobileRead wiki page is an excellent resource: I’ve taken some useful information from it. Still, there is much more information needed, by ebook publishers, to create images for each of these various ebook readers.
Paul, I will now fix the tables to account for your suggestions.
Thanks again, to both … Michael