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Title: Apple Catalog Presents Poorly
Post by: R. C. on November 07, 2021, 06:48:28 AM
I think this belongs in Marketing...

I loaded my books via Draft2Digital into various retail outlets. After checking Apple Books I found the covers images are terrible. They are dark and distorted on every browser and every device.  There are lots of threads about the problem but I am unable to find a solution.

Apple Catalog  (https://books.apple.com/us/author/r-c-ducantlin/id1418338390#see-all/books)

I have pinged D2D for a resolution but have not heard back.  While I wait, this group is always good for "having been there and done that."

Any thoughts?

R.C.
Title: Re: Apple Catalog Presents Poorly
Post by: Lorri Moulton on November 07, 2021, 06:56:55 AM
This has been a problem for a while!  Supposedly, it looks better on cell phones...but I wouldn't know.
Title: Re: Apple Catalog Presents Poorly
Post by: alhawke on November 07, 2021, 06:59:25 AM
My covers look bad on Apple too. It's an Apple thing, I think. It's something they should obviously fix.
Title: Re: Apple Catalog Presents Poorly
Post by: Wonder on November 07, 2021, 07:13:47 AM
They darken my covers and put a little crease along the left side, making them look kind of like hardbacks. It's some kind of filter, I assume. It doesn't bother me too much but it's an odd choice.
Title: Re: Apple Catalog Presents Poorly
Post by: R. C. on November 07, 2021, 07:33:22 AM
This has been a problem for a while!  Supposedly, it looks better on cell phones...but I wouldn't know.

I checked my Android phone, again. The same, dark and icky.

R.C.
Title: Re: Apple Catalog Presents Poorly
Post by: Lorri Moulton on November 07, 2021, 07:59:11 AM
Dark covers get really dark.  Light covers look washed out.
Title: Re: Apple Catalog Presents Poorly
Post by: Eric Thomson on November 07, 2021, 09:07:30 AM
Been a problem for a long time. It's on Apple's end and they don't give a flying **** so I don't bother wasting time worrying about it.
Title: Re: Apple Catalog Presents Poorly
Post by: LilyBLily on November 07, 2021, 01:15:06 PM
My books all looked okay. I have an iPhone. Does that make a difference in the presentation? If so, it's a deliberate and sneaky way of being competitive with various androids.