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Notjohn · 08-16-2016, 07:41 AM

What can I say? Not only have I never had an 800-pixel-wide image go pixelated on my desktop or on Look Inside, the older ones (even back to the 450-pixel recommendation of the early years) are acceptable. Not great, but okay. I would assume that nobody in his right mind would upload a 200-pixel-wide image with a 100% instruction, but I will certainly add that caution. You may well have pointed this out on the KDP forum, but I don't remember it. Believe me, I pay attention to everything you say, and have stored much of it on my computer for future reference.

I just checked the Look Inside for the book that uses thumbnail portraits. They are exactly the same size (two of these portraits appear in the Look Inside) and to my eye they are exactly the same width (35 mm on my monitor) and almost exactly 20% of the text width (176 mm).

And wow, I just noticed! The colophon is sized correctly! So do you know what seems to have happened? The new Look Inside now handles this stuff just as one would wish. How about that? I have been slanging Amazon's decision (I LIKE the sample to open at the cover), but now I'll have to modify my stance.

Thanks for opening my eyes to what has (or seems to have) happened.

08-16-2016, 07:41 AM	#45
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,519 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	What can I say? Not only have I never had an 800-pixel-wide image go pixelated on my desktop or on Look Inside, the older ones (even back to the 450-pixel recommendation of the early years) are acceptable. Not great, but okay. I would assume that nobody in his right mind would upload a 200-pixel-wide image with a 100% instruction, but I will certainly add that caution. You may well have pointed this out on the KDP forum, but I don't remember it. Believe me, I pay attention to everything you say, and have stored much of it on my computer for future reference. I just checked the Look Inside for the book that uses thumbnail portraits. They are exactly the same size (two of these portraits appear in the Look Inside) and to my eye they are exactly the same width (35 mm on my monitor) and almost exactly 20% of the text width (176 mm). And wow, I just noticed! The colophon is sized correctly! So do you know what seems to have happened? The new Look Inside now handles this stuff just as one would wish. How about that? I have been slanging Amazon's decision (I LIKE the sample to open at the cover), but now I'll have to modify my stance. Thanks for opening my eyes to what has (or seems to have) happened.