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There isn't a change to direct delivery which may be why they have the system to reduce image storage / size. The only recent change is better control of borrowed/rented titles (KU & Prime reading borrows) and thus kill off ancient versions of K4PC. I can't see how any of that would encourage them to have larger images.
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Yes, they need to change instead of having a one-size fits all. Also the no-charge delivery via cell/mobile costs them, not the customer as is the case with Apps on Mobile Data or WiFi. Part of the reason for their scheme is the Cell/Mobile delivery at their cost.
I'm not at all defending them. I think it's wrong, but it's probably not stupidity or malicious intent but bean-counter driven. Since unlike Smashwords, or PD sites, Amazon knows exactly which model you have they should be offering the full resolution to all newer models, no matter if download for USB or Whispernet WiFi to eink. They already charge KDP uploaders for delivery, so Mobile/Cell delivery to eInk with "free" mobile/Cell ought not to be a consideration of image size. Also part of the reason for KFX was to be able to start reading during slow delivery. So I totally agree, it's a stupid system they have. I was only musing about why they do it. I'm sure it's not arbitrary. |
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I have that e-book direct from the author's secret projects Kickstarter. That includes the book in various formats including generic EPUB and also EPUBs targeted to Kindle and Kobo. The generic and Kobo EPUBs are about 28MB, however the EPUB intended for Kindle is only 9MB. Comparing the contents shows that the images are significantly reduced in the Kindle EPUB. For example the full-page image named personstencil.jpg is 1220x1793 pixels at 141KB in the generic EPUB and only 669x1000 pixels at 49KB in the Kindle EPUB. I took a look at the free sample of the Kindle edition of this book available from Amazon. As far as I can tell the image quality matches the Kindle EPUB that was provided to me from the Kickstarter. Based on that I believe that the lower image quality of the Kindle edition of this book when compared with other e-book sellers is due to an intentional decision by the publisher and is not Amazon's fault. Amazon is certainly to blame for many image quality problems in Kindle books but apparently not for this one. |
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out of coffee error. Because they stupidly gave free Cell / Mobile access for life on eink with a modem built in, but charge suppliers even when it's the customer's internet.
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So why don't they only give the crappy reduced resolution graphics to those on Kindle Cell and the rest of us the full resolution graphics?
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