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Originally Posted by Turtle91
I can guess the answer is "it's Amazon...", but do you know why, or even if, Amazon/kindle still refuses to support SVG wrappers on images other than the cover? It seems like the SVG wrapper's entire function is to maximize an image, to whatever the screen size, while keeping the correct aspect ratio...
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You *can* use SVG on other images, BUT....aye, here's the rub: they're not supported on the older devices. AND, whilst supported in KF8, it's not supported in ET (Enhanced Typesetting). And I honestly don't know which of the software readers would/wouldn't support them. So...you can see the problem. What publisher wants to voluntarily include two sets of images (granted, the SVGs will be small), which whacks their delivery fees, rather than "just" using a set of JPGs, PNGS, etc.?
And the other thing is, SVG doesn't solve the aspect ratio, any-damned-way. I mean, yes, you can zoom almost endlessly, make it big, small, any size at all (like Alice!), but it won't magically make an image fit every device, of every shape and size and all that. It addresses one issue, but not all.
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