Amazon Ebook Cover Guidelines

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Amazon ebook cover guidelines. This means that for every 1 000 pixels in width the image should be 1 600 pixels in height. Updated 4 1 marketing cover image is mandatory. Amazon updated their recommendation 4 2012 for a book s cover file to be 1500 to 2400 pixels with a 1 6 ratio to the short side.

Now the printed cover is fine but the amazon thumbnail is blurry. Illegal or infringing content we take violations of laws and proprietary rights very seriously. Kindle ebooks must have an internal cover image provided for use within the book content.

Robustrion ultra slim smart flip case cover for all new 6 amazon kindle 10th generation 2019 cover aqua 4 3 out of 5 stars 584 449 449 1 999 1 999 save 1 550 78. Do not add an html cover page to the content in addition to the cover image. To provide consistency with kindle direct publishing guidance changed the 2700 x 1688 pixels recommendation to 2560 x 1600 pixels and changed the 5mb file size limit to 50mb.

Updated 9 3 4 avoid using fixed values for most elements. I prefer to retain the 6 x 9 inch typical book ratio. At 2400 for the long side this calculates to 5 inches by 8 inches at 300 dpi.

The ideal size of your ebook cover art is a height width ratio of 1 6 1. Provide a large high resolution cover because amazon quality assurance will fail the book if the cover is too small. Write locally connect globally.

Guidelines for publishers version 1 1. These community guidelines help you use community features including customer reviews customer questions answers amazon follow profile pages style check digital and device forums registries and lists. Internal content cover image.