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First Ebook Graphic Novel
Hi, I've been working on a graphic novel for several years and wish to sell it online when complete. (most likely amazon) The book is long for a GN so I've split it into 5 parts. My thinking behind this is that it will be a faster download after purchase.
I have some questions for anyone willing to help someone new to the ebook concept. I've been uploading my book onto Blurb, but they're soon removing ebooks from their site, so I may need to transition it to another site. Q: Each volume consists of approx: 100-130 pages. Will this be a problem for ebooks? Meaning do some editors have a low max page count? Q: Being loaded with large jpg art, would it be a good idea to compress each pdf before publishing? Q: Is it possible to present your ebook in flipbook presentation for publication on amazon? Thanks. |
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No. You can do a fixed-layout eBook, which works in "comic" mode (presents panels in a kind of slidey-way...you should experiment so that you see how it works), but that slider presentation does keep other parts of the pages/panels OUT of the view of the reader, so not ideal. Quote:
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03-10-2022, 08:01 AM | #3 |
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It's an electronic graphic novel, not a real ebook. Mostly only suitable for tablets. It will need a fixed layout.
You need to test on real devices and buy a similar format comic off Amazon to see what it's like to read on a tablet. The number of pages might not be an issue for Amazon. Google Playstore also sells comics/electronic graphic novels. |
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He really won't be able to test on a real device, if he uses KC (Kindle Create). That provides a .kpf, which can't be sideloaded. He'll have to rely upon Kindle Previewer's display of the result. Hitch |
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The workflow has got horrible for real proofs of KDP even for real reflowable ebooks and paper. Even a paper proof copy is not the same now as the retail copy. |
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And for the ebooks--well, if someone uses KC, for a novel or non-fiction, that's really on them, isn't it? (I want to be clear, I don't mean the poor folks doing comics, or kids' books, or FXL of any kind). If you use KC for anything other than what it MUST be used for, well...then the inability to proof on a real device, that's the consequence. Use KP3 to proof it and hope for the best. You're forced, effectively, to use KC. I don't mean to sound unsympathetic, I don't. To be fair and to restate it, comic-book producer realistically can't make a Comic/Panel version; a fixed-layout producer can't create a fixed-layout eBook (I mean...gods, you CAN but Sweet Moses on a Pony, who wants to pay for that, from a real eBook producer, for cryin' out loud?), or a kids' book with say, panel view (and no zoom) or with Zoom (and no panel view)? KC is good for DIYers, I guess but it sucketh for professionals or those who want their stuff DONE RIGHT. Hitch |
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I'd agree with you, but given what I've seen, over the past dozen years--it's simply accepting the fact that authors a) don't want to read, b) don't want to learn to use Word, c) or any other word-processor; d) can't be bothered, generally and e) want something FREE and relatively easy. IME, while I may have no use for KC, Amazon is simply accepting that which is. I haven't seen anything that tells me that they are doing something other than that. Hitch |
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Kindle Comic Converter does a pretty good job of making an ePub/AZW3 similar to what you get from Kobo/Amazon from JPEGs/CBZ. Not sure if this is up to snuff for Amazon's standards for selling but it's at least a start. After the whole recent Comixology let's blend it into Kindle business they no longer take submissions. Last edited by salamanderjuice; 03-14-2022 at 10:16 AM. |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops"><head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=800, height=1200"/> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <title>No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!, Vol. 7</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../Styles/style0001.css" type="text/css"/> </head><body> <div class="page"> <img src="../Images/image00040.jpeg" alt="" width="800" height="1200"/> </div> </body></html> Code:
body { width: 800px; height: 1200px; margin: 0; } img { margin: 0; z-index: 0; } The viewport doesn't have to be specific to the device resolution at all and I've read the same book on devices with varying resolutions. Last edited by salamanderjuice; 03-14-2022 at 10:38 AM. |
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Okay, so...you create a book that is just a concatenation of images, yes? One image per page/screen? I guess that'll work. It's not searchable, of course, but then again, presumably, it wouldn't be. it doesn't have a text layer, so that solves all the pixel x-y stuff that FXL (from ePUB) brings to the table. So...I guess my question would be, which one (which set of pixel dimensions for the final, for which device?) are you using to sell at KDP? And have you uploaded and tested this yet, to see what you get in MOBI or KFX or whatever format KDP will workflow this into? Hitch |
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I'm not OP lol. I'm just pointing this out. I'm not making anything to sell. It could KDP won't accept this IDK. This is how most manga at least is sold on Amazon/Kobo and many American comics too although some add that guided panel view thing. I've never encountered one with searchable text, selectable text or anything of that nature, often they don't even bother with implementing a ToC (from real big publishers worth millions).
In my experience the screen resolutions are all over the place and don't seem targeted at any specific device. I'd just pick something highish like 1000x2000 that looks good on 300PPI readers like the Forma or Oasis. This is pretty similar to a lot of the better quality stuff I have. But again KDP might not accept this, but really they don't need to be as complex as you guys make out. |
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