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Old 02-14-2020, 08:46 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Dabcar View Post
My images at present are in transparent PNGs, but that produces black backgrounds within Kindle Previewer, so I'm guessing that Kindle doesn't like transparency.
Correct. The Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines 2019.2 states:

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10.4.1 Use Supported Input Formats

Kindle devices and reading applications do not support TIFF, multi-frame GIFs, or any image with a transparency.
Read the rest of that section for more format guidelines.


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Originally Posted by Dabcar View Post
Also, what sizes are recommended. I see in the Amazon Kindle guide very large sizes for modern devices, but what's the best rule of thumb?
My understanding is that Amazon has gotten more strict lately about requiring those large image sizes. (Others with more practical experience will likely comment. I don't publish books.)
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