Publish your book with Pages

Create an EPUB file of your book in Pages on Mac, iPhone, iPad or online at iCloud.com, then upload it to the publishing portal on Apple Books for Authors on your Mac or iPad.

Prepare your book for publishing

Here are some things you should do before you start the process of publishing your book:

• Get an iTunes Connect account for Apple Books.

• To make sure your book formats correctly when published, use paragraph styles in your Pages document.

• Get your cover image ready* or plan to use the first page as the cover. If you're planning to publish with Pages on an iPad, save the image in iCloud Drive.

• If your book contains HEVC videos, convert the videos before you publish.

• If your book contains 3D objects, replace the objects with image files or remove the objects. If you leave 3D objects in a document, Pages will convert them to image files when you export the document to EPUB.

• Review the items in the list on the Submit Your Book web page.

• Make sure the size of the Pages file is 2 GB or smaller and the cover image is 20 MB or smaller.

Create an EPUB file of your book

You can create an EPUB file suitable for publishing on Mac, iPhone or iPad.

1. Open the Pages document you want to publish as a book.

2. Do the following for the device you’re using:

   1. On Mac, choose File > Publish to Apple Books.

   2. On iPhone, tap the More button, tap Export, then tap Publish to Apple Books.

   3. On iPad, depending on what you see in the toolbar, tap the document name or tap the More button in the toolbar, tap Export, then tap Publish to Apple Books.

   4. Online at iCloud.com, click the More button, then choose Publish to Apple Books.

3. Enter a title for the book and the author’s name.

4. Choose your cover options.

5. Choose the type of layout you want for your EPUB:

   • Choose Reflowable if you want your content to accommodate different devices and orientations. Text size scales and content repaginates depending on the device, its settings and its orientation. Reflowable is best for documents that are mostly text.

   • Choose Fixed layout if you want the layout of each page in your document to stay the same, regardless of the device or orientation. In a fixed layout EPUB, readers can zoom in and out, but text and content positions are fixed and don’t reflow. Fixed layout is best for image-heavy or multi-column documents.

6. Export your document as an EPUB file:

   • On iPhone or iPad, tap Export, choose an option, choose Save to Files, then choose a location on your device or in iCloud Drive. If you’re using an iPhone, save to iCloud Drive (you can access the publishing portal on iPad or Mac only).

   • On Mac, click Save, then choose a location.

Upload your book

Use a Mac or an iPad to upload your book to Apple Books.

1. In a browser, visit the publishing portal.

2. Choose Sign in to iTunes Connect, then click Continue. If you don’t have an account:

   • Choose Create iTunes Connect Account.

   • Click Continue.

   • Sign up for an account

   • Return to the publishing portal.

3. Click Submit a New Book. You can also update a previously submitted book.

4. Follow the onscreen instructions to:

   • Upload your book.

   • Add a title and description.

   • Set category, language and other info.

   • Enter publishing details, such as the publisher name or your name if you’re self-publishing.

Find out more about publishing your book from the portal

Set pricing and clearances in iTunes Connect 

After your book has successfully uploaded and you’ve entered the necessary information, use iTunes Connect to set a price for your book and choose where you want the book to be available for purchase. Your book won’t be available for purchase until you add this information. It can take up to 24 hours for your book to appear in iTunes Connect.

1. In iTunes Connect, select your book.

2. Click Rights and Pricing.

3. Add or edit countries, regions and pricing.

4. Select one or more countries and regions, then click Save.

Update a previously submitted book

To update a previously submitted book, upload an updated EPUB file on the publishing portal.

1. Export the updated Pages file as an EPUB.

2. Sign in to your iTunes Connect account on the publishing portal.

3. Choose Update a Previously Submitted Book, then choose Continue.

4. Choose a book from the pop-up menu, choose Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Learn more

• Use paragraph styles in Pages on iPad

• Use paragraph styles in Pages on iPhone

• Use paragraph styles in Pages on Mac

• Import your iBooks Author book into Pages