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Originally Posted by Quoth
Transparency isn't possible on most ereaders.
Also epubs of any kind don't work on Kindle. Either you or Amazon have to convert them.
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That might be true for dedicated readers like paperwhite or other eink, but app based readers shouldn’t have a problem handling transparency channels on their images. Kindle for desktop, phone, iPad, etc. technologically shouldn’t have a problem with it. Amazon has simply created a “one-size-fits-all” importer/converter so they don’t have to think too hard…
From
Kindle Guidelines:
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4. Supported input formats: Kindle devices and reading applications do
not support TIFF, multi-frame GIFs, or images with transparent areas.
When images are provided with transparent backgrounds, we convert
the transparent background to white.
Making different colored backgrounds would be possible if there was a media querie that provided the background color. I’m not smart enough on MQs to know if there is???
However, I think that may be over thinking things a bit… not to mention exploding the file size of your ePub. Just let Amazon convert it into a white background. If anyone complains point them at Amazon.
Customer complaints is the only way to get Amazon to do/fix anything.