KDP: Ideal Book Cover Dimensions For Publishing on Amazon (Design Tips)

Size Matters: An ideal book cover for use with KDP & Amazon.com

Your book cover image should have a height/width ratio of 1.6, which means: 

• A minimum 625 pixels for the shortest side and 1000 pixels for the longest side 
• For optimal quality, your book cover image should be 2820 pixels on the shortest side and 4500 pixels on the longest side 

Amazon accepts two image file types;
1. TIFF, or .tif(f) 
2. JPEG, or .jpeg 

File Compression / Size

Amazon suggests the following:

"KDP applies additional compression to images when displaying them on its website. For best results, images should be uploaded with minimal compression"

Having just done this myself, I converted my book cover image into both JPEG and TIFF formats. Keeping in mind that minimal compression is good I found the .tif / TIFF file was much larger:

TIFF Book Cover File Size: 12.9 Mb

The Exact image saved as a .jpg: 

JPEG Book Cover File Size: 1.1Mb

I'm going with the TIFF file!

For detailed info on colors, dimensions, cover creator tool and uploading your book cover to Amazon when publishing your book click the "Info Link" below:
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How to Choose the Right 7 Keywords or Phrases When Publishing With Amazon

Amazon Ebook Publishing:

When publishing a book on Amazon you are allowed to enter up to 7 keywords or short phrases that best describe your book. These must be relevant to the books content. Avoid using keywords already used in the book title, category, or description. For best results use phrases that are 2-3 words long.

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Book Reviews: Resources

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Using RSS or AtomFeeds To Publish Your Content

Atom is a simple way to read and write information on the web, allowing you to easily keep track of more sites in less time, and to seamlessly share your words and ideas by publishing to the web.

If you’re new to Atom, you can find out more about what Atom can do for you. Or if you just want to get started, tools and services which work with the Atom format are listed in the AtomEnabled directory.

Created by leading service providers, tool vendors and independent developers, Atom is designed to be a universal publishing standard for personal content and weblogs. Technical information about working with the Atom format is available at the developer information page, and publications or weblogs that are interested in the benefits of being AtomEnabled can find out more about the benefits of Atom for publishers.

http://atomenabled.org/

Using Rich Snippets On Web Pages to Enhance Your Search Results

You can mark up either individual reviews (for example, an editor's review of a product), or aggregate review information—for example, the average rating for a local business or the total number of user reviews submitted.

Use the individual Review format for pages containing a single review. For pages containing a collection of reviews, use the Review-aggregate format. If your page contains both (for example, an editor's review plus a set of user reviews), we recommend picking one format. Use the individual Review format to mark up the editor's review OR you can use the Review-aggregate format to summarize the set of user reviews. If a page contains both types of markup, Google will use the Review-aggregate markup for display.

• Individual reviews
• Aggregate reviews

Note: There are many possible ways to indicate review ratings—for example, stars, percentages, and various rating scales. More information about how to convey review ratings.

https://developers.google.com/webmasters/richsnippets/