06-01-2009, 09:36 PM | #1 | |
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Optimized for Kindle DX
Anybody else notice that certain books are being tagged with "optimized for Kindle DX"
http://www.amazon.com/Its-Good-Be-Ki.../dp/B000FC0QE8 Quote:
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06-01-2009, 09:52 PM | #2 |
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I'm looking at it on my PC, and I can't see anything unusual about this title.
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I too see nothing special. Also, I don't see that eBook as needing a complex layout.
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I didn't see at first but here it is.
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06-01-2009, 10:42 PM | #5 |
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Yeah, sorry about that. Guess I should have pointed it out in the first post.
Maybe the pictures were scanned in at a higher resolution that the Kindle DX can take advantage of? That's the only real thing I can think of. Last edited by Sporadic; 06-01-2009 at 10:46 PM. |
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This book was in AZW, which is identical to Mobipocket format. Mobi has the option of embedding 3 different resolution images in one tag: "losrc", "src", "hisrc". I can see all 3 with MobiDesktop. None of the images in this book are big enough to need the "hisrc" attribute. |
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I wonder what makes this "optimized for Kindle DX" if it isn't the pictures. |
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Maybe the person who made the book just put that there without it really meaning anything.
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There also seems to be more with it http://www.amazon.com/Batista-Unleashed/dp/B000UZJRYK |
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marketing gimmick?
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Here's a thought: perhaps you actually have to have a Kindle DX registered, so that when you buy it for the DX, you'll get a different file than if you buy it for the Kindle device?
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The problem is that that is a graphic and there is no way to search for eBooks optimized for the DX. So basically, that tag is useless.
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