Kindle Fixed Layout Conversion and Samples

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Responsive Mobipocket file format was not meeting the requirements of files with heavy formatting needs, children’s picture books, and other files where the layout was not staying fixed. This lead to the birth of the fixed-layout Kindle file format of kf8. This format met special formatting needs and additional needs of adding audio, video files to the book.

Kindle fixed layout allows the publisher to create an eBook which has a “fixed lауоut” (Onlу Kindle fire & iPad сurrеntlу ѕuрроrt this), in this wау thе раgе maintains the lауоut … equivalent tо ѕееing аn еxасt сору оf thе рrintеd раgе оn ѕсrееn. Thе раgе will аlwауѕ lооk thе ѕаmе thuѕ рrеѕеrving thе рrintеd раgе lауоut, but thе uѕеr hаѕ tо zооm in аnd раn аrоund tо ѕее thе dеtаil оr bе аblе tо rеаd ѕmаll tеxt, еѕресiаllу оn dеviсеѕ with ѕmаllеr ѕсrееnѕ thаn thе рrintеd раgе. Hоwеvеr thiѕ fоrmаt iѕ idеаllу ѕuitеd tо соffее tаblе bооkѕ оr highlу illuѕtrаtеd сhildrеn’ѕ nоvеlѕ.

The benefit of Convert to kf8 Fixed Layout file format:

Full control over page layout to look alike printed book
Formatting supports Multi-column content
Ideal for children’s picture books where text layers over images
Text having Colored backgrounds
Allowing images to Full bleed on the page
Double page spreads to display big images
Allow the file to embed fonts of different languages
Add multimedia files into the final eBook
Create Comic books with panel pop up

Limitations of Kindle fixed layout:

It is expensive to convert to a fixed layout.
Limited devices/software support this format
Limited distribution options
Not suitable for files with a lot of text
File size increases for this format which leads to lower royalties

We recommend that you email us the file when you are in doubt and we can talk about the overall marketing strategy of the book to decide which format it should be converted to? As a traditional publisher and author maintaining formatting is very important to many but in the digital age, it is very important to give the reader a user-friendly layout for ease of reading.

Feel free to call us anytime between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm central time on (515) 865-4591 and you will talk to a live person. We will make sure that after the call you have a better understanding of eBooks and which format you will convert them to. You can email your file to Bob@ebookconversion.com or use our contact form to send us if your file is big and cannot be sent through email.

Price: $399