Learn how to create an iTunes Connect account to offer or sell books on Apple Books.
Get an overview of the features in iTunes Connect that will help you manage your books.
To sell books on Apple Books, you must provide tax and banking information.
To sell books on Apple Books, you must submit the required tax forms for your country.
To sell books on Apple Books, you must provide banking information.
Set up users and assign roles in iTunes Connect to manage your Apple Books account.
Learn how to receive email notifications to keep up to date on your book status, agreements, payments, financial reports, and tickets.
Learn more about preparing digital book packages and how to format them.
Providing book metadata, including book title, category, and description, helps readers find your book on Apple Books.
Before you submit your book to Apple Books, follow this checklist to prepare and validate your files.
Learn how to set up a pre-order on the Apple Books Publishing Portal.
Learn how to create and publish using Pages.
Learn how to publish your book to Apple Books from our publishing portal.
Use iTunes Connect to check book status and update metadata, pricing, and promotions.
See how to check the status of your book before it’s published to Apple Books.
Catalog reports summarize the status and details of your book, including metadata, pricing, pre-orders, and more.
Learn how to address tickets opened by Apple Books to address problems with your ebook submission.
Learn how to link books in a series, add new books to a series, and update series information.
Learn how to remove a book from sale.
See how to update book details, including the book title, description, category, and sample in iTunes Connect.
See how to update the content of your book by providing a new file via Pages or the web.
Learn more about the search function on Apple Books and how users can find your ebooks and audiobooks.
Volume Content Service (VCS) allows schools and businesses to purchase and distribute books through redeemable codes.
Learn how to request promo codes to offer your book to select readers at no cost.
Access marketing resources, including promo codes and badges, to help you promote your books on Apple Books.
Create links and Apple Books-approved badges to promote your book on third-party websites.
Readers can leave ratings and reviews of your books and audiobooks on Apple Books.
Promote your book and earn additional commissions through the Affiliate Program.
Learn how to update your book’s rights, pricing, and territory availability in iTunes Connect.
Set up promotional pricing for your books to offer a discounted price for a specific time period.
Learn about resources to control the copyright and digital rights management (DRM) for your books on Apple Books.
Learn about the reports available to track your sales by region and date.
Download financial reports that include monthly earnings and payments from Apple Books.
Find out when and how you will be paid for sales on Apple Books.
Learn how to distribute and sell audiobooks on Apple Books by working with one of our preferred audiobook partners.
October 17, 2024
If you plan on releasing a book on Apple Books between November 25, 2024, and January 6, 2025, remember to check the following delivery deadlines.
March 21, 2024
Apple Books now accepts BISAC Subject Headings, 2023 Edition.
March 12, 2024
Payment information for the previous fiscal month will begin appearing in Payments and Financial Reports after the first Wednesday of the current fiscal month.
October 18, 2023
If you plan on releasing a book on Apple Books between November 27, 2023, and January 2, 2024, remember to check the following delivery deadlines.
June 28, 2021
Transactions related to redownloads will be deprecated from summary and detailed sales reports for ebooks in July 2021.
April 17, 2023
Apple Books now accepts EPUBs with interior images of up to 5.6 million pixels.
March 02, 2023
Apple Books now accepts BISAC Subject Headings, 2022 Edition.
December 14, 2022
Learn how Apple Books now allows you to create digitally narrated audiobooks from an ebook.
Apple Books makes it easy to create digitally narrated audiobooks from an ebook using natural-sounding text-to-speech technology.
Review the countries and regions where you can sell ebooks and audiobooks on Apple Books.
Learn about compliance standards for audio, video, images, and EPUB files.
Avoid common mistakes, and follow our guidelines to create books, art, and metadata optimized for Apple Books.
Find out how to use Sales and Trends to see how your books are selling.
Use Sales and Trends to track the performance of your books.
Learn the requirements for getting paid and how to get the most out of your financial reports.
Use Reporter to automate your report downloads.
Follow these guidelines and best practices for creating promotional artwork.
Learn how to use XML specifications for books.
Use the Apple Audiobook Package to format and deliver audiobook content to Apple Books.
Learn how to use Transporter to make deliveries to Apple Books.
A technical guide for validating metadata XML files using iTunes Relax NG schemas.
Learn how to use Pages to create and publish stunning books. Download guides for Mac, iPad, iPhone, and iCloud.
Format audio files, art, and metadata to optimize the listener experience and discovery.
Get to know iTunes Connect and learn how to prepare, deliver, and manage your books.
October 27, 2022
Create marketing assets through Apple Books Promote and generate custom retail landing pages.
October 20, 2022
Thema 1.5 is now supported by Apple Books.
October 18, 2022
If you plan on releasing a book on Apple Books between November 28, 2022, and January 2, 2023, remember to check the following delivery deadlines.
October 04, 2021
Pre-orders are now available for audiobooks on Apple Books.
If you’re a trader, the European Union Digital Services Act (DSA) requires that you provide certain identification information to be displayed on your Apple Books product pages to consumers in the EU.
Learn more about country-specific tax form requirements for Apple Books.
Download a sample EPUB with content, formatting suggestions, and guidance on how to implement these features.
If you have questions about setting up your Apple Books account or publishing your book, contact Apple Books support.
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