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First view panel of an action scene divided into two view panels 5.3.4 Optimizing for Large Text Blocks Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers Second view panel of an action scene divided into two view panels To display large amounts of text, Amazon suggests a hybrid treatment that mixes the experiences of the graphic novels and children’s books. Hybrid Text HTML Example: WALTER CRANE'S PICTURE BOOKS Kindle Publishing Guidelines Amazon.com 30
Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Hybrid Text CSS Example: div.target-mag div.text{ height: 100%; padding: 5px; background-color: #FFFFEF; font-size: 150%; font-family: "Georgia"; } 6 Audio and Video Guidelines Currently, only Kindle for IOS supports audio and/or video content. Kindle e Ink devices and Kindle Fire do not support Kindle Editions with Audio/Video. To add audio and/or video content to your Kindle book, follow the guidelines and examples below. The file delivered to Amazon should be an EPUB with self-contained audio and video or a .prc file with self-contained audio and video. (If delivering a .prc, make sure the file was created using the latest version of KindleGen available from www.amazon.com/kindleformat). 6.1 Embedded Video To embed a video inside a Kindle book, add a standard HTML 5 tag such as the following: Example: "There is video content at this location that is not currently supported for your device. The caption for this content is displayed below." • src tag: (Required) Identifies the embedded video file. • title tag: (Required) Identifies the description of the video. • poster tag: (Required) Identifies the placeholder image file. Users see the placeholder in the eBook before the video is played. The placeholder could be the first frame of the video or a representative frame, depending on your preference. (If this file is not specified, a blank black image is displayed.) • controls tag: (Required, unless you provide an image for use in starting the video playback) Tells the Kindle application to display controls for the embedded video. Note: The Kindle application may render a play button on top of the poster frame. It appears in the middle of the frame. • text content: (Required) Devices that do not support video content display the text between the and tags. If users view this eBook on a device that does not support video, Kindle Publishing Guidelines Amazon.com 31
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