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Old 01-23-2026, 03:14 PM   #189
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
But the azw3 is 10 MB and the azw6 is only 4 MB. I copied the bare azw3 to a kindle and it had all the cover and author images and none of the title page images, copyright page images, scene separators, etc. amazon are masters of ambiguity, but it still looks to me like covers and authors images are exempt from azw6 hell, but still can't say whether this maps to what they do or intend to with actual illustrations for EPUBs.
Amazon delivers different image quality based on the device/app and version used. In my case I downloaded the AZW3/AZW6 pair using a version of Kindle for PC with KFX format blocked in order to receive the best possible image quality available in those formats. The sizes I received are different from what you are seeing, 8 MB and 71 MB respectively.

The AZW3 matches the file I receive when downloading to a 4th generation Kindle. It contains a full set of low resolution color images.

The AZW6 has high resolution replacements for 58 of those images. They are almost as good as the images found in the EPUB download.

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