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Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers
changes required to scale to a device that is 150% larger. These changes are limited to a base font-size
and changes in the container height and widths (approximately 5 updates).
4.3.6 Recommendation #6: Including Specific Fonts
Fixed-format titles do not allow users to choose and vary fonts. Using CSS @font-face and packaging
fonts with the title guarantees book design look-and-feel to be consistent across all devices and screens.
This not only ensures that the exact fonts used for the source are used in the fixed-format title, but that
HTML text has more fluid rendering between the page view and the Region Magnification view.
Example:
@font-face {
font-family: "Arial"; /* assigns the name of the font to use */
src: url(../fonts/arial.otf); /* includes the file for the correct font
*/
}
4.3.7 Recommendation #7: Do Not Include an HTML Front Cover
While Amazon previously recommended an HTML front cover page for fixed-format books, this is no
longer necessary.
Kindle books should only have one visible JPEG cover. This cover should be a high-resolution JPEG
image that has the same level of quality as the subsequent pages. Any instances of HTML cover pages
should be deleted to avoid a repetition of the cover image.
The cover image should appear in the device carousel. If it does not, see section 3.2.2, Cover Image
Guideline #2: Internal Content Cover Image Is Mandatory, for instructions on defining the cover in the
OPF file.
4.3.8 Recommendation #8: Including Back Cover
While Kindle ebooks in previous formats and reflowable text do not use back covers, it provides a sense
of closure to the narrative for children’s content. It is best to include a back cover as part of the fixed-
format children’s book design. Remove barcodes, price listings, and promotional content from the back
cover image. Do not include popups for any text on the back cover unless the back cover includes story
text.
4.3.9 Recommendation #9: Do Not Include Start Reading Location
In Kindle fixed-format books, the OPF file should not include the start reading location (”Go to Beginning”)
guide item. Amazon now sets this guide item to the JPEG cover for Kindle fixed-format books.
Creating Children’s Books with Multipage Background Images and Text 4.4
This section explains the proper way to create pages that contain a single background image and text.
While there are many potential solutions, Amazon’s goal is to ensure that markup is easily portable with
minimal effort. The provided template meets this goal by updating the CSS rules without changing the
HTML.
4.4.1 Using Side-by-Side Images to Form a Double-Page Spread When Orientation-Lock Is Set to
Landscape
Many books have two-page spread that consists of a single image. Other books have a two-page spread
that consists of two side-by-side images.
In the example below, the double-page spread is 1024 x 600 pixels, which is full-screen resolution for the
Kindle Fire (1st generation). The images for each page should have dimensions exactly half the width of
the full screen: 512 x 600 pixels. The unique parts of each element are labeled using CSS IDs; the
common parts use CSS classes. The left image displays on the left side of the spread. The right image is
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