Update: There’s a fix, thanks to Kindle Support via Elaine -
I’ve learned the fix!! I called Kindle support (which was awesome btw) and they suggested emailing the google book PDF file to my free.kindle.com email address. I did and minutes later received back a file, which I copied via USB and the images display PERFECTLY!
Had a comment from Elaine where she was running into problems viewing Google Books PDFs on her Kindle DX.
The problem in particular is -
None of the images in the PDFs are displaying correctly. Instead the Kindle DX is showing a message “Some elements on this page could not be displayed” instead of the images.
Here are the files -
- This is the PDF file courtesy Google – Among_the_Farmyard_People.
- This is a converted .prc file (16.9 MB and solely for testing purposes).
The images do not show up properly on the Kindle 2 either (with the converted .prc file). Interestingly enough the scanned pages with text show up – However, the scanned images do not.
Could someone please test out the PDF and the .prc on their Kindle DX and add a comment?
Also, is this an issue that only shows up once in a while or is it pretty common with Google Books on the Kindle DX? Would be good to know.
Update: Apparently there is something about the format of Google Books’ PDF files that is tripping up the Kindle DX -
The problem might be that google books uses a format of jpeg (jpeg 2000) that isn’t supported on kindle dx. More discussions and workarounds here -You can find people discussing possible solutions at these two threads.
Putting this up in case more people run into this issue. It has more to do with the format of the PDFs than with any problem with the Kindle DX.
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Thanks for posting about my problem. I have downloaded some other PDF files, not from Google books, and the images in those show up fine. I’ve also downloaded the PRC file you’ve created and the images don’t show up on the Kindle DX in that file either.
I hope we can figure this out. I have about 50 books from Google books that I’d like to be able to read on my Kindle. In fact, that’s why I bought it.
I appreciate your help!
Elaine
I’ve learned the fix!! I called Kindle support (which was awesome btw) and they suggested emailing the google book PDF file to my free.kindle.com email address. I did and minutes later received back a file, which I copied via USB and the images display PERFECTLY!
Thanks so much for your help!
Elaine
New Kindle DX owner here. Ran into the image display problem with a computer PDF book and successfully used Adobe Acrobat to make a version that worked. You can either “Save As…” to a PDF-A or under “Advanced” tab use the “PDF Optimizer…” which shows how images are being converted. I think the latter works best for dealing with newly authored PDFs that might have large images.
thanks for the tip
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If you don’t have Acrobat, there is another way. You can use a PDF printer (such as PDFcreator) to print your pdf into another file. Works great for me