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Originally Posted by shalym
I also wouldn't want a publisher (or retailer) to sell a book that wouldn't perform well on it's lowest device, which is what would happen if they sold it with all of the images in the highest resolution.
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I have many ebooks in which I have replaced the cover and maps with images that are 6 megapixels in size (3000x2000 pixels), and the KPW1 (and the Touch before it) has no problems with that. It also doesn't have problems with the Delphi Classics, which are books that can be as large as 120MB.
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I don't understand why you object to Amazon's way of doing it? As I understand it, they scale the pictures so that they look good no matter the device. If you download for an original Kindle, then you'll get low res pictures. If you download for Kindle for PC (or Mac) you'll get high res pictures. Or am I wrong, and that's NOT how Amazon does it?
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I object against manufacturers or content providers deciding for me what is 'good enough'. I won't buy music in MP3 format, as it's not lossless. Thus, in my ebooks, I want images that are as large as possible.
And no, Amazon does not automatically deliver books with large images to Kindle for PC; not always, in any case. I have multiple books bought from Amazon, downloaded with K4PC, that contain covers and maps that are 500 pixels on the long side. That's not good enough to read the names on the maps.