Illustrations/Maps/Photos with Kindle Books?

omar504 · 01-27-2011, 06:34 PM

Just wondering whether the kindle books include photos,maps etc that you would find in a physical book..if so what are they like?

whitearrow · 01-27-2011, 06:59 PM

It varies a lot depending on the book. I read a lot of scifi and fantasy, which often have maps. Sometimes the maps are very readable, sometimes they are useless. It just depends on the time and effort that went into making the ebook version.

Sorry I can't give you a universal answer, but there really isn't one.

dwig · 01-27-2011, 07:14 PM

The Kindle format certainly supports the inclusion of images and many books include them.

Whether a particular edition of a book includes images, maps, ... found in some other edition is up to the choice of the publisher, whether either or both of the editions compared are ebooks or paper books and, if ebooks, regardless of format.

wallcraft · 01-27-2011, 07:19 PM

From two years ago, see A Comparison of format limitations based on The Hobbit. It is still the case that, typically, an ePub will have higher resolution images than MOBI/AZW. However, the Kindle has about the best image handling support of any dedicated reading device.

As whitearrow says, images in ebooks are of highly variable quality. If I think images will be important, I prefer to buy ePub and I would do so even if I was reading on a Kindle. Calibre's format conversion can target an actual device and shrink images if they are bigger than the screen (the Kindle will do this for you, but resizing off-line is more efficient).

01-27-2011, 06:34 PM	#1
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01-27-2011, 06:59 PM	#2
whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	It varies a lot depending on the book. I read a lot of scifi and fantasy, which often have maps. Sometimes the maps are very readable, sometimes they are useless. It just depends on the time and effort that went into making the ebook version. Sorry I can't give you a universal answer, but there really isn't one.

01-27-2011, 07:14 PM	#3
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718479 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	The Kindle format certainly supports the inclusion of images and many books include them. Whether a particular edition of a book includes images, maps, ... found in some other edition is up to the choice of the publisher, whether either or both of the editions compared are ebooks or paper books and, if ebooks, regardless of format.

01-27-2011, 07:19 PM	#4
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	From two years ago, see A Comparison of format limitations based on The Hobbit. It is still the case that, typically, an ePub will have higher resolution images than MOBI/AZW. However, the Kindle has about the best image handling support of any dedicated reading device. As whitearrow says, images in ebooks are of highly variable quality. If I think images will be important, I prefer to buy ePub and I would do so even if I was reading on a Kindle. Calibre's format conversion can target an actual device and shrink images if they are bigger than the screen (the Kindle will do this for you, but resizing off-line is more efficient).

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