This week, I posted 28 examples of Kindle book designs our Five Rainbows Services for Authors and Publishers company has created over the past 18 months or so.
Admittedly, I posted them in hopes of generating more business for the company. But, in addition, I want to demonstrate that there are ways to make almost any book — with or without photos or graphics, with or without special formatting needs — look good on the Kindle.
These examples include novels, illustrated children’s books, self-help, and business books. I have posted from four to twelve screen shots for each book to show the variety of formatting possibilities. These screen shots are taken directly on the Kindle using its built-in feature for that purpose (if you want to make your own screen shots on a Kindle 1, make sure you’ve got an SD card installed — the keyboard shortcut is CTRL+SHIFT+G, which creates a gif of the current screen that you can retrieve via the USB connection).
Spend some time browsing. You might even find a book you’ve just got to read!
If you have any questions about the design choices made, feel free to post them right here.
