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Originally Posted by Hitch
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?
Yes, that seems likely. Have you looked at Comixology, which is now owned by Amazon?
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.)
Oh, yes.
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
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In the graphic novel world 130 pages is pretty run of the mill. That's an average manga volume. I have a few omnibuses that collect 3 volumes in one and they are 500+ MB bought from Kobo. I don't think most are that high res though and manga benefits from mainly being B&W. Most of mine are sub 2000 pixels in height.
Kindle Comic Converter does a pretty good job of making an ePub/AZW3 similar to what you get from Kobo/Amazon from JPEGs/CBZ. Not sure if this is up to snuff for Amazon's standards for selling but it's at least a start.
After the whole recent Comixology let's blend it into Kindle business they no longer take submissions.