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Originally Posted by Tarman
Hi, I've been working on a graphic novel for several years and wish to sell it online when complete. (most likely amazon) The book is long for a GN so I've split it into 5 parts. My thinking behind this is that it will be a faster download after purchase.
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Well, good for thinking about the download times, but I think you'll find that 100-130 pages, per each novel/segment, is pretty damned big for an eBook. VERY large. I mean, think of the math--let's say you have 8" x 10" pages, at 300DPI, yes? That's a single page size of 7.2mb / page (2400x3000px = 7.2M pixels = 7.2mb), x 100 pages = 720mb at a minimum. Right?
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I have some questions for anyone willing to help someone new to the ebook concept.
I've been uploading my book onto Blurb, but they're soon removing ebooks from their site, so I may need to transition it to another site.
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Yes, that seems likely. Have you looked at Comixology, which is now owned by Amazon?
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Q: Each volume consists of approx: 100-130 pages. Will this be a problem for ebooks? Meaning do some editors have a low max page count?
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Well, it will hurt your delivery fees (you'll likely have to do the 35% royalty, given the size), and yes, those are going to be quite large. I'd consider down-rezzing them; when well-done, you can have readable work even as low as 96dpi. (I live and die with TinyPNG for resolution reduction.)
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Q: Being loaded with large jpg art, would it be a good idea to compress each pdf before publishing?
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Oh, yes.
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Q: Is it possible to present your ebook in flipbook presentation for publication on amazon?
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No. You can do a fixed-layout eBook, which works in "comic" mode (presents panels in a kind of slidey-way...you should experiment so that you see how it works), but that slider presentation does keep other parts of the pages/panels OUT of the view of the reader, so not ideal.
You're most welcome. I think you should download Kindle Create, play with it, make a comic and see how it looks on Kindle previewer 3. That will tell/inform you loads more than I can.
Hitch