Does anyone know what the situation is regarding images in ebooks? Presumably it is possible - I've heard of illustrated children's ebooks - but I've not come across any. The other day I mentioned to a colleague that I was enjoying a book about ancient Britain, the author for which also presents history documentaries on the TV and she said she'd rather see it on TV than read about it because of the visual aspect - it's hard to imagine what certain things, like, say, Skara Brae look like when there's only words on the screen, but seeing the presenter on TV standing in the middle of it, seeing the things he's talking about, is much more interesting. Given that, as well as trying to write fiction, I'm also planning on writing a history book this year, I'm starting to think it would be a good idea for me to include photos.
So has anyone got any experience on including images within ebooks? Can you do colour images or does it mess up ereaders than don't have colour? I know the Kindle Fire and iPads etc can handle colour perfectly fine but have no idea how older ereaders would deal with it. Do you publish two versions - one with colour photos, one with greyscale - for the different types of ereaders available? Or do you just go colour and let the black and white ereaders work it out for themselves?
Finally, can anyone suggest any books that have included images successfully that I could look at on my Kindle Fire?
So has anyone got any experience on including images within ebooks? Can you do colour images or does it mess up ereaders than don't have colour? I know the Kindle Fire and iPads etc can handle colour perfectly fine but have no idea how older ereaders would deal with it. Do you publish two versions - one with colour photos, one with greyscale - for the different types of ereaders available? Or do you just go colour and let the black and white ereaders work it out for themselves?
Finally, can anyone suggest any books that have included images successfully that I could look at on my Kindle Fire?