Kindle Format 8 Fixed Layout Amazon’s Kindle Format 8 has a fixed layout option that works well for children’s eBooks. However, the smaller size of the Kindle Fire screens and the inflexibility of reading options in this format make it a less desirable option for non-fiction fixed layout content. Unlike Apple’s implementation of the ePub fixed layout formats, KF8 does not allow page zooming in fixed layout files, and the 16:9 screen aspect ratio is not as close to standard print book trim sizes as the iPad’s 4:3 ratio. If you decide you would like to make a fixed layout file for the Amazon platform, we recommend you approach it this way: Determine what content you need to include. Sometimes it is best to have some content, like media files, available on your website instead of including them in your eBook files. Re-design the content to fit in a 16:9 screen aspect ratio. This will more than likely require re-designing the whole book, increasing the overall font size, adding new pages to adjust to the smaller page size, etc. Remember that the Kindle format does not allow page or element zooming, so you should consider how to make the content work at the native screen size. Amazon’s fixed layout format has a region magnification option that allows you to make text pop up in a more readable size. Apply this magnification carefully. You do not want that getting in the way of your readers or covering up important visual content. Test the final file extensively on the different Kindle devices. Some devices will work better with fixed layout than others. Note that the file will probably not be available on the eInk screen devices like the Paperwhite, only on the Fire tablet devices.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:31:27 +0000
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