Thread: What purpose do thumbnail images serve?
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Old 08-06-2013, 08:34 PM   #1
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What purpose do thumbnail images serve?
I'm not sure if this is the best forum for this question or not but, since I use epubs I'll ask it here.

I don't see it as much as I used to but I often still find ebooks that have a small thumbnail image included in the file. What purpose does this image serve? I can't say as I've ever found any hardware or software readers that actually use them. Are they some holdover from a bygone era that is no longer needed?

Just curious.

Thanks.

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