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twowheels · 03-01-2012, 01:09 PM

I was recently looking at some travel guides, Frommers, et al., and downloaded samples from both the Kindle Store and the Apple store. I found that the images (maps, etc) in the Apple versions were of significantly higher quality than those in the Kindle version, even when viewing both on the iPad. The Kindle versions had compression artifacts and seemed to be lower resolution than the iBooks versions.

That said, I still ended up buying from Amazon because it gave me far more reading options (Kindle, iPad, computer, phone, etc), and I'm more likely to take my Kindle on the trip than my iPad.

Anybody noticed anything similar? The other way around? Is it a difference in supported formats for embedded images? The Kindle versions looked like jpg artifacts, and the iBooks versions looked like lossless PNG or some such.

03-01-2012, 01:09 PM	#1
twowheels Wizard Posts: 1,854 Karma: 13432974 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD, iPad Pro 10", iPhone 15 Pro, Boox Note Max	Image Quality, iBooks vs. Kindle I was recently looking at some travel guides, Frommers, et al., and downloaded samples from both the Kindle Store and the Apple store. I found that the images (maps, etc) in the Apple versions were of significantly higher quality than those in the Kindle version, even when viewing both on the iPad. The Kindle versions had compression artifacts and seemed to be lower resolution than the iBooks versions. That said, I still ended up buying from Amazon because it gave me far more reading options (Kindle, iPad, computer, phone, etc), and I'm more likely to take my Kindle on the trip than my iPad. Anybody noticed anything similar? The other way around? Is it a difference in supported formats for embedded images? The Kindle versions looked like jpg artifacts, and the iBooks versions looked like lossless PNG or some such.