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Lesi · 01-30-2024, 03:48 AM

Hi,

Why are ebook file sizes a) so huge, and b) so different from each other?

I have a novel on my Kindle that is 1138MB. Some others are around 200MB. Many of my other books are around 200KB. Why the size discrepancy, and can I make them smaller somehow, without losing quality? I was told I would get 1000s of books on this Kindle Paperwhite Signature (32GB), but I have put 180 books on there and almost 10GB is used already.

The files were mostly epub and I converted to MOBI automatically in Calibre when I sent to device. They were close to the same size before the conversion to MOBI so I do not think the conversion is the issue.

In a couple of cases the huge files were textbooks (which I deleted) but the large files that remain are fairly regular books.

tks

01-30-2024, 03:48 AM	#1
Lesi Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2024 Device: Kindle paperwhite	Ebook file size??! 1138MB Hi, Why are ebook file sizes a) so huge, and b) so different from each other? I have a novel on my Kindle that is 1138MB. Some others are around 200MB. Many of my other books are around 200KB. Why the size discrepancy, and can I make them smaller somehow, without losing quality? I was told I would get 1000s of books on this Kindle Paperwhite Signature (32GB), but I have put 180 books on there and almost 10GB is used already. The files were mostly epub and I converted to MOBI automatically in Calibre when I sent to device. They were close to the same size before the conversion to MOBI so I do not think the conversion is the issue. In a couple of cases the huge files were textbooks (which I deleted) but the large files that remain are fairly regular books. tks