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title: Image Requirements
description: "Authors may supply images for inclusion in their book's interior or cover design. Please consider the following when providing images. ## Resolution Ideally, images should have a resolution of **300 pixels per inch**. Images with lower resolutions may appear grainy…"
url: "https://www.bluepenbooks.com/help/image-requirements/"
updated: "2023-10-13"
category: Writing and Manuscript Prep
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# Image Requirements

Authors may supply images for inclusion in their book's interior or cover design. Please consider the following when providing images.

## Resolution

Ideally, images should have a resolution of **300 pixels per inch**.

Images with lower resolutions may appear grainy when printed and may trigger warnings from IngramSpark and/or Amazon KDP. Images less than 72 pixels per inch may be rejected.

### Check Image Resolution on a PC

1. Right click on the image file and select *Properties*.
2. In the *Details* tab, you can see the image's dimensions and resolution.

### Check Image Resolution on a Mac

1. Double click on the image file to open the image in Preview.
2. Under *Tools* in the toolbar, select *Show Inspector*.
3. A dialogue box will open that displays the image's information, including the resolution (as *Image DPI*).

## Rights

Please ensure that you own or license each image you provide. That means you either:

- Took the photo yourself;
- Obtained written permission from the photographer;
- Paid to license the photo; or
- Are certain that the photo is in the public domain. (Images taken from the internet are not usually in the public domain.)

Learn about [licensing for images we provide](https://www.bluepenbooks.com/help/stock-images/).

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