Need advice for kindle version uploads and more

[kumar_n]

I have completed my book of around 300 pages. It has 90+ chapters and each chapter starts with an image. I need advice from the community refgarding the kindle version upload on amazon.

1. Is it ok to have so many images for epub ?

2. What is the suitable process for uploading a book with so many images ?

3. Or shall l remove the images in the kindle version ?

4. Is adobe indesign EPUB format is OK for kindle amazon format ? 

Thanks

[BobLevine]

Reflowable EPUB is not a suitable format for an image-heavy document and unfortunately Fixed Layout EPUB is really not a very good format at all.

[kumar_n]

Thanks for your message. So shoudl I presume that for Kindle version we shoudl remove most of the images ? Or is there any wayout to make the content a bit more interesting ? BY the way I read lot of books on kindle and most of them have very very few images.

[Laura Brady]

Some notes:

1. It is okay to have lots of images in an EPUB but be careful to mark them as decorative if that's the case. In Object Export Options under ALT text, there is a way to mark them as decorative. 

2. The usual process. You don't need to do anything special, it just make take longe because the file is larger.

3. You can, but it's not required.

4. An EPUB from InDesign is fine for Kindle. You should be cautious to check that it looks as expected in Kindle Previewer before uploading. 

[kumar_n]

Thanks for your detailed message. I really appreciate your advice and will try to go accordingly.

Thanks again

[BobLevine]

I'm going to defer to Laura. She's one of the top experts in this field.