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How to use the e-ink Kindle readers to display photos? Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 10 months ago. Active 5 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 21k times. Improve this question. Nathan Osman Nathan Osman 1, 2 2 gold badges 11 11 silver badges 27 27 bronze badges. Note that the Kindle Paperwhite and many e-ink displays has a non-standard screen resolution of x pixels not as is so often misreported if you want your photos to fit natively full screen.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Older Kindles On older generation Kindles with keyboard it is actually possible out of the box. Create a folder named pictures in your Kindle's root directory. Create folders with arbitrary names for the collections you want to create.
Copy the images into those collections. Newer Kindles I found a post on the Amazon forums. Create a folder named images not pictures!
Copy the images into the collection folders. Select your collection. Name the zip what you want the title of this collection to be. Copy the zip file to your documents folder. Eject the Kindle and you'll find that name in your list of books. Turn pages to browse through the different pictures.
Improve this answer. Tim Tim 2, 13 13 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. I just tried this on my Kindle Touch and sure enough - it worked! I had to name the folder "images" as described in the second part of your answer. Is there an alternative way to start the viewer for Kindles without keyboard? Try the approach for newer Kindles and report back, if it works And not zoomed-in section by section. Some elements, specially the background, usually extends across sections.
And does so on purpose. The artist thought about us looking at the page as a whole, to see the forest as it were, not just the trees. Because of this, I'd say it's not worth it to read comic books on the Kindle Paperwhite. You'll understand the story, but you won't get much of the value of the illustrations.
These documents suffer from the same problems as comic books. You might have to do a lot of zooming and panning, which makes the over-all experience cumbersome. Otherwise, the text is just too small. Simple tables with up to columns would be fine.
But as you get larger tables, the text becomes harder to read. Note that tables presented as pictures which are most of them aren't affected by adjusting the font size of the eReader. That's how many times this color has appeared in the list of Sherlock Holmes titles. These books with lots of large colorful photos would be difficult to read in the Kindle Paperwhite. Setting aside the loss of colors, the amount of panning required would simply take too much time and effort.
As you can see, most of the pages are occupied by photos. Text are much smaller and follow non-text book layouts, making them very difficult to read without lots of zooming. So we've concluded that there are some pretty significant challenges in viewing pictures in the Kindle. Still, for those of us determined to find a way, there are some alternatives worth considering.
The main strength of the Kindle Paperwhite is in the ability to lose yourself for hours in a good text-only book. While lacking good picture display might seem as a handicap on first glance, losing it enables the Kindle to just keep itself simple. And I reckon that simplicity is what enables it to come closest to reading on the paperback.
Having said that, there are times when we do need to look at pictures. The book itself might ask us to. And in such a scenario, perhaps you are worried that you would be missing out on key details of the book.
For occasional black and white pictures, the Kindle Paperwhite would do a decent job. And you should have a pleasant over-all reading experience. But for more demanding images, here are some possible solutions:.
If the book is picture-heavy, you'll be better off switching to a larger screen. It solves most of the zooming issues, plus you get color. The Kindle app would sync with all your devices so can still use the Kindle Paperwhite just in case you want to. You can also combine the two. Have the tablet on standby in case you need to refer to a picture in the book you are reading.
Personally, I'd prefer to get as much reading on the Kindle rather than on other devices. I can go on for hours reading on the Kindle without getting tired. But I scarce can read for more than an hour on a tablet or computer. Some eReaders have screen sizes of up to 10" even 13".
These tend to be a lot more expensive though, and usually come with many professional features that you might not need. The larger size also means it would be less portable i. These eReaders can show colors, but has lower over-all screen clarity. Draft an email message to your Send-to-Kindle email address.
Attach the image or images that you want to send to the Kindle. Send the email message. After a brief processing period, your Kindle receives the images as personal documents. Open the received documents to view the images.
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