Animations in ebook missing?

[Ace]

I recently downloaded the ebook version of The Book Thief and the pictures and handwriting are missing? Am I expecting too much from my device or should I try to download it again from somewhere else?

[Kevin]

I read The Book Thief and felt that the animations were an essential part of bringing the story to life. Disappointed to the think they were not included in the ebook. I don't believe you're expecting too much! Which ereader do you have? Wondering if one over the other would have the illustrations.

Reflect back on Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, if I'm not mistaken, the illustrations, also a key part of the story, were included in my Nook edition. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, I don't believe you're exepecting too much. Maybe, we BOTH are? :O)

[Ace]

Thanks Kevin, I have an amazon account but read on Nexus7 on the Kindle app, so it's fully graphic capable. I assumed that they hadn't embedded the images from the paper book. Was curious to see if anyone else was able to see the animations. I think I need to visit the library, sometimes oldskool is the only way to read!

[Travis]

Just out of curiosity, are you talking about illustrations or are there actual animations that come with the e-book version?

[marc]

there was no pics in the paper version

[Bekah]

Travis wrote: "Just out of curiosity, are you talking about illustrations or are there actual animations that come with the e-book version?"

Also interested in the answer to this because if there are actual moving animations in the eBook version I might be persuaded to buy that too.

[Ace]

my bad everyone, I should have said images rather than animations.

[Bird]

I suggest downloading it elsewhere again. My ebook (and my ereader) did show the illustrations so maybe you just picked one without illustrations...?

[Victoria]

Try an online EPUB - I've read several online books and illustrations have been included, so maybe it's because you're on a kindle? I don't know, but for me the illustrations were one of the best parts, so definitely don't miss out on them. :)

[[deleted user]]

I also read the Book Thief on Kindle. I couldn't read handwriting or see illustrations -- way too small. Disappointing. But then I tried reading on kindle for my computer and I could see better -- bigger screen. But still some parts couldn't read well.

[Marianne]

Cool wrote: "there was no pics in the paper version"
There certainly are pics in the paper version: the various books that Max writes for Liesel have illustrations and are an integral part of the book. I wondered as I was reading these how they would be shown on Kindle.

[Ace]

Yes Marianne, I read the book some time back and there are lots of pictures and it really made the books within stand out. Thanks all for your comments and suggestions.