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  e-pub document questions

  Posted by Jason Zaloga on November 17, 2011 at 4:41 am

  i made my first epub file for personal use and just to fool around to see what it looks like.
  i do not have a tablet so the only thing i can preview with is what indesign provides, kindle app, calibre and
  my lg optimus phone with kindle app.

  image 1&2 is from indesign and what i expect it to look like on an e-reader.
  image three is what it looks like default in the kindle app on my phone. the white border is
  my question. the images are supposed to be tight against the left and right side of the page in indesign, thinking it should
  look like this in the kindle app or reader. but when i view it on the phone(kindle app) it shows a white boarder on the right and left side where the pages are supposed to be all the way left and right. like a boarder.

  i’m not familiar with e-readers or ipad. is this normal or should the pages like image 1 be filling the frame?

  document setup with images no text.

  6in width x 9in height facing pages
  ( approx. each image – images 150 dpi, 1275w x 1800h, 2.8mb )
  all pages have separate articles.
  export options – custom rasterization, relative to page width and res 150.
  file sizes seem high- epub file is 24mb, mobi file is 21.4mb?

  on the phone it seems a little slow and sometimes skippy.
  other than that it looks great, even when it’s zooms in all the way.

  is the file size too big?
  is there a standard size document for all readers?
  should the document be in inches or pixels?
  
  test.jpg

  Jason Zaloga replied 14 years, 6 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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