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Can you have pictures inside Kindle ebooks???

by smak
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Hi

I have a e-book in Pdf format which I m now working on to put it on Kindle

This e-book, apart from being quiet long cause it is a biographical novel (400 pages) also contains in the middle some color pictures.

My query is basically that when putting this ebook on Kindle, cn it have pictures inside. And if so, both color and b&w are fine, or is it that the pics has to be b&w.

Thanks in advance for helpful replies.
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  • Profile picture of the author Buford Mobley
    Yes, your Kindle book can have both color and back and white pictures in it.
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    • Profile picture of the author smak
      Originally Posted by Buford Mobley View Post

      Yes, your Kindle book can have both color and back and white pictures in it.
      Buford Mobley

      This ebook is about 40MB. Do you know if I would be able to upload it on Kindle or is it that the size exceeds the Kindle upload limit. I know on Smashwords, the max.file size they allow you to upload is 5MB.
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  • Profile picture of the author colinph970
    Max upload file for Kindle is 50mB......and better to make images jpg format to take up less space. Black and White is fine since most Kindles sold are still B&W.
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  • Profile picture of the author repstein
    It's a good idea to test your formatting after adding pictures. I've seen at least one eBook in which the pictures were very poorly done, and it made the author look unprofessional. I think Amazon has free software to preview what your work looks like as an eBook use it!

    Also remember that on the b&w kindles, pictures can be hard to view, especially if they include text. I can barely read some of the things I see in pictures on my Kindle.
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  • Profile picture of the author bengirwb
    My travel guide includes a bunch of photos, all black and white, which show up very crisp.
    The upgrade of the book will have photos in color for the Kindle Fire and Nook. If the reader has an earlier Kindle, then all photos will be viewed in black and white.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chrisbroholm
    You have to be really careful with the size of your pictures as Amazon will bill you for the data usage. This coupled with the fact that most kindle books are sold for a few dollars, it can easily eat up your share of each copy sold.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamieSEO
    Yes you can use color images. Some people will be viewing the Kindle on their PC, some on a KindleFire (color), ipads, etc.

    Others will be viewing on the more basic Kindle Readers and will see the images in grey scale.

    Use your color images, then preview your book using Kindle Previewer and change the emulator to view on different Kindle products to see how it looks.

    You can download the Kindle Previewer free from http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000765261
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  • Profile picture of the author PublishingMadeEz
    Yes, as said before you can put pictures in your Kindle ebook. However, if the picture has wording (A screen shot for example) it could be tough to read on a Kindle Reader, Android Tablet, iPad etc... If you are making refrences to specific areas of the picture, make sure you mark them with a circle, underline or something of that nature.

    Here are some other tips:

    Images & Converting to JPEG

    The largest element of almost any Kindle book is the images. Inside your book file, the Kindle book format supports JPEG and GIF images up to 127KB in size. Images that are in other formats supported for upload to KDP (such as BMP or PNG), or that exceed this file size requirement, will be automatically recompressed as JPEG files during the conversion process. Optimizing your images to fit these requirements before uploading to KDP will help decrease the size of your uploaded file. It will also reduce the chance of encountering difficulties in conversion due to large file size.
    Converting Images to JPEG:
    If you have inserted images into your book in BMP or PNG format, the easiest way to decrease the size of your file is to save your images in JPEG format, then reinsert them into your book. You can convert your images to JPEG format by opening them in almost any image editing application, selecting the "Save As" option, and choosing “JPEG” or “JPG” as the file type.
    Increase Compression for JPEG Images

    When saving your JPEG image you will usually have the option to set the compression, this is sometimes called “quality,” level of your images. A good compression setting for JPEG images is between 50-60%, which can decrease the size of most images by up to 75% over using the maximum quality setting, without noticeable loss in quality.
    Some image editing applications will use a scale of 1-12, rather than a percentage, for the compression level of a JPEG file. For these programs a compression level of 6-8 provides a good tradeoff between quality and size.
    Decrease Image Pixel Count

    Another way that image size can be reduced is to decrease the pixel count of the image. In your image editing software you can use the “resize” option to set a smaller horizontal and vertical pixel count for your image files before saving as JPEG.
    Images should not be resized based on DPI. Many image editing applications will not alter the pixel count of an image when making changes in DPI, resulting in no decrease in file size.
    Microsoft Word

    When preparing your book in Microsoft Word for upload to KDP, you can have Word perform the above mentioned optimizations by using the Compress Pictures feature. The same optimizations will be applied automatically when selecting “Web Page, Filtered” to save your Word document as HTML.
    The following steps can be used to optimize the images in your Word DOC automatically:
    1. Click on any image to select it.
    2. Select the Format tab under Picture Tools at the top of the window.
    3. Click on the Compress Pictures button in the Adjust section of the Format toolbar.
    4. If you would like these optimizations to be performed on all images in your book, make sure to uncheck the box labeled "Apply only to this picture."
    5. Make sure that the "Use document resolution" radio button is ticked, then click "OK" to recompress your images.

    Good Luck!
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