What Is The Average File Size For Kindle Books In MB?

Question

Downloading a new romance novel for vacation; how much storage will my Kindle Paperwhite need if average ebook files are 1-3 MB?

Elijah Dean · Answer

The average file size for a Kindle book is 2-5MB. Often a book of 300 pages or so and without images will be less than 1MB in size. Graphic novels and textbooks can often exceed 50MB. A recent book I read on my Kindle was All The Ways We Sin: A Diverse Collection of Erotica Tales. It was about 4MB in size. It was a text-heavy anthology of short stories, none of which had particularly complex formatting, so downloading it was very quick and it didn’t take up too much space on my Kindle.

Piper · Answer

The size of a Kindle book depends on the formatting of the book. Most standard fiction books are around 1-2MB in size, but with illustrations, charts, and detailed layouts, a book can jump in size quite quickly. For example, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is approximately 2MB in size, whereas The Silmarillion, with its many appendices, is closer to 3MB in size. A graphic heavy book such as Scott Pilgrim however can be a whopping 50MB or so. It is always best to check on the details of a book before you download it if you are worried about storage space.

Vanessa · Answer

Many of the Kindle books I have downloaded are between 1MB and 5MB in size. Pride and Prejudice is a tiny 1MB or so download, while something like The Way of Kings can be up to 5MB in size. Children’s books with fonts and images embedded are often around 10MB or so. The file size of a book is usually listed in the book’s details on Amazon before you purchase the book.

Everett · Answer

I have been slowly collecting Kindle books over the years. The file size for some books I was surprised at. A simple romance novel like ‘The Hating Game’ by Samantha Young comes in at a mere 1.5MB, whereas The Name of the Wind, book one in The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss, comes in at 4MB.

Textbooks on the other hand vary hugely in size. I downloaded a 15MB programming textbook with code examples and screen shots, but most of the plain-text novels in my library are under 3MB and so don’t use up too much space on my Kindle. It’s quite interesting to see how much size varies from book to book depending on the content and format.

Kai · Answer

As most books are uploaded in eBook format (Kindle), I find that the size can vary greatly from book to book. Generally speaking, books that don’t have too many pictures can range from 1MB to 3MB in size. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, for example, is 2MB, whereas Game of Thrones (the book, not the series) is 5MB because it’s quite long and sometimes includes a map.

However, non-fiction books can be much larger, sometimes reaching up to 10MB or more, especially if they contain a lot of diagrams, photos and charts. In addition to normal novels, such as The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, which is around 2MB, longer books like Game of Thrones can be up to 5MB. Other books that are heavy with media, such as cookbooks, graphic novels and textbooks, can push the upper limits. As long as you know what you are getting beforehand, you can always check the file size of the book before you download it to your Kindle. The devices have plenty of space, after all. However, there are some very large books out there, and if you only want to stock up on light novels then that’s okay too.

Piper · Answer

Most Kindle books come in around 2MB on average. Novels such as To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 are typically less than 1MB in size. Books with footnotes, such as House of Leaves, may be slightly larger. But others, such as cookbooks and art books containing high-resolution images, can exceed 10MB in size. In extreme cases I have downloaded a single photography book that stretched to a massive 25MB or so. But for casual readers of typical books, storage space is rarely a concern.

Bürning Calapardo · Answer

This question is similar to asking for the average weight of a “meal”. A salad and a large Thanksgiving dinner would be considered meals. But an average would be meaningless. A classic text-only Kindle book and a full-color graphic novel Kindle book would be considered two different types of Kindle books. Their file sizes would be in completely different universes. For the books that most people think of when they hear the word “ebook” (as opposed to, say, slide shows or training materials), a good rule of thumb is 2-5 MB. Anything else? Your guess is as good as mine.

Denise Walden · Answer

No idea. I download books and read them. My Kindle has never mentioned a word about this. Maybe this problem occurs in a data-limited internet connection situation? If one is on a satellite internet connection, this problem might be serious. For most people with broadband, a 100 MB book file will download in a matter of seconds. So the time one spends worrying whether or not a book is large is longer than it takes to download the book. Just download the book and start reading it!

Rosalina Gonzaga · Answer

As for typical file size for eBooks, mainstream fiction & non-fiction published by the larger houses generally run between 2MB and 6MB. Specialty houses (art, photography, design) and comics are typically 20MB or larger. Self-published eBooks can be nearly any size at all – tiny, very large, nearly inexplicable based on the author’s level of technology aptitude. Therefore the average across all eBooks in Kindle stores would likely be pulled up by the strange size of the niche, large format books.

Anam Sheikh · Answer

The Amazon product page could benefit from a clearer breakdown of file sizes with categories such as ‘Text Light (1-3 MB)’, ‘Standard with Images (3-10 MB)’ and ‘Image Heavy (10+ MB)’. As it stands, it is difficult for readers with limited data allowances or old devices to determine whether a book is going to be suitable. Currently, readers have to search for ‘Product Details’ and even then the ‘File Size’ line may not be accurate or even present. More transparency on file sizes would be great for the tech-curious reader.

Mallory Glass · Answer

As a point of reference, here at digital publishing, we're bounded by a 10 MB file size for 'standard' ebooks that require optimization alerts below that size. Nearly all text-based books fall well within this range. We're trying to hit a number of goals here, including quickest possible download and a great reading experience on all devices — including slower older Kindles. While there's no 'average' file size for books, there is a de facto practice within the industry that results in a cluster of file sizes in the 2-6 MB range.

melanie weiland · Answer

I just downloaded an entire collection of classic ghost stories (50+ tales) and the file is 1.2MB. That’s less space than a single meme image. In the digital age, we can expect average novel sizes to be around 3-5MB but there is still plenty of scope for minimalism. The horror stories here are terrifying and highly charged but are packed into a very small space.

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