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Old 03-11-2009, 09:46 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by whitearrow View Post
But if they know they are making a Kindle edition, then it should be with the Kindle in mind first and foremost. It doesn't need to be exactly the same as the fictionwise version for Palm or whatever.

If I can scan the image from the hard copy, put a few minutes of effort into figuring out the proper size and aspect ratio (kindleformatting.com) and end up with a version with a totally readable map, I don't see why the publisher can't do the same.
Because they're lazy and not making a Kindle specific edition, most Kindle files are just re-purposed old Mobipocket files. Even the cover images are tiny in a lot of the files. I agree it's not that hard to do & they should do it. I've taken some of my ebooks apart and "fixed" them, but it get's old having to do it.


As far as Red Mars maps...
http://www.scificincinnati.com/redmars_page.htm
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~seb/cele...lok/index.html

or Google Books. or maybe the freebie PDF version has a better map.

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