KINDLE COVER SIZE
You must choose both the size and the shape of your Kindle book cover:
- What aspect ratio is best?
- How many pixels should each dimension be?
ASPECT RATIO
You might think that the aspect ratio depends on the device. Not so fast! Which matters more?
- How the cover appears among other thumbnails.
- How the cover looks on the device itself.
Note that customers won’t even see the cover on the device until they buy the book. (And even then, the ‘start’ location will bypass the cover.)
Therefore, it seems more important to consider how the cover looks as a thumbnail.
So here is my suggestion:
- Choose an aspect ratio that will look great as a thumbnail when customers are shopping.
- Choose the pixel dimensions based on the device(s) that you’re targeting.
Of course, the dimensions must match the aspect ratio. The second point really means, “How many…
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