Amazon Kindle Ebook Cover Size

So as a brief public service as of may 2012 here are.

Amazon kindle ebook cover size. To ensure the best quality for your image particularly on high definition devices the height of the image should be at least 2 500 pixels. The ideal size of your ebook cover art is a height width ratio of 1 6 1. Keep in mind this information is accurate now but could change at any time so check when you re ready to upload.

Their recommended ebook cover size is 2560 x 1600 pixels and a ratio of 1 1 6 they also accept two kinds of file types for your cover. Kindle is amazon s own e reader. Unfortunately there isn t really a standard for kindle covers.

But you also don t want the e book file size to become too large. This means that for every 1 000 pixels in width the image should be 1 600 pixels in height. The guidelines include suggestions to ensure a smooth conversion and publication process.

It ties directly with amazon s online ebook and audiobook store. Here s a selection of requirements that should help. Depending upon where the cover thumbnail is viewed sometimes a little wider stands out better in which case 1667 x 2500 works well.

I m in the process of publishing my second ebook for the amazon kindle and one thing that s currently hard to find on the amazon website is what the ebook cover height and width size specifications are. To ensure the best quality for your image particularly on high definition devices the height of the image should be at least 2 500 pixels. This means that for every 1 000 pixels in width the image should be 1 600 pixels in height.

I ve been getting a lot of questions recently about e book covers and specifically the size and proportion requirements for submitting the cover image of your e book when you upload it to a retailer or a distributor. The best formats to use for the internal kindle e book cover is a jpg or gif image 127 kb size at 300 dpi. This will provide enough clarity for images particularly for large images or content with gradient patterns.