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Need Big Help! Uploading .pdf Ebook to Amazon >50mb Limit

by CED59
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Hey warriors- my GF needs some help here. She's written an ebook that is ~220mb that she wants to upload to Amazon.com but their limit is 50mb on .pdf files

any ideas on what to do?

is a .mobi file significantly smaller?
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  • Profile picture of the author DianaHeuser
    Hi CED59,

    Does she have a lot of graphics in the pdf? If so, depending on which programme she used to write it, she can reduce the size of the graphics before converting it to pdf.

    In MS Word, if you click on the picture, the Picture Tool Bar will come up. Choose the option that says "Compress" and select the option "All Pictures". Drop the size to email or web resolution. That should decrease the size of the book.

    Di
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  • Profile picture of the author CED59
    that is great advice... let me tell her
    thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author CED59
    I wonder if this is even possible, the .pdf is 220mb... getting it below 50mb seems virtually impossible

    going to see what we can do though
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  • Profile picture of the author agc
    Unless it's specifically a picture book, there is no reason for a PDF to be over 50MB.

    In addition to Diana's suggestion above...

    Make sure any images are sized/scaled OUTSIDE of the publishing package and are at 75dpi instead of 300.
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  • Profile picture of the author richrowley
    Could your GF break the book up into more than one part? Then you could be selling more than one book on Amazon too.

    I recently did this for a client of mine that had a huge book. It broke down into 7 chapters really well and it sells well too.

    It will help build your brand if you have more than one book out too.
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  • Profile picture of the author Peeps66
    Originally Posted by CED59 View Post

    Hey warriors- my GF needs some help here. She's written an ebook that is ~220mb that she wants to upload to Amazon.com but their limit is 50mb on .pdf files

    any ideas on what to do?

    is a .mobi file significantly smaller?
    .pdf tend not to produce a good ebook with automated conversion

    Pictures on the ebooks just need to be 72dpi. This is the resolution you would use of the Web. The Kindle is basically a very basic Web browser.

    Amazon issue a delivery charge if your files are large. The sort of ebook that this will produce will create a huge delivery charge.

    Picture books in general tend not to convert well to .mobi because of all the resizing of the pictures and the fluid nature of the text.
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  • Profile picture of the author CED59
    hey guys, thanks for your help... we converted it to a .mobi file via calibre (mac)
    the .pdf was ~220mb
    the .mobi was ~38mb

    what a difference... pretty sure amazon takes .mobi files.. we'll see!
    brb
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    If that doesn't work, try going to to Mobipocket.com and downloading their file converter. It'll convert to .mobi file extensions and others file extensions that are compatible with Kindle and Sony Ebook Reader.
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  • Profile picture of the author CED59
    I wanted to give you guys a BIG Thank you!! My GF finished the book and we got a 227mb PDF down to a 20mb PDF without much of a reduction in quality.

    This 6 month project was real hard for her because she's not so good with computers and their was a lot of blood, sweat and tears.. now she's gotta learn wordpress

    here's the book
    its free- Fcuk FAT- How to Lose Weight and Keep it Off Forever!
    its a weight loss/nutrition book specifically for girls 18-35.
    the info will help anyone lose weight though

    (theres a grammar mistake on the "sight" (site) that I'm going to have her fix asap

    thanks again warriors
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  • Profile picture of the author DianaHeuser
    That's great news CED. Congrats to your girlfriend for doing the work. That's most of the battle

    Di
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