Apple?Books Identity?Guidelines
Using the Apple-provided assets correctly makes it easy for your audience to get your books. Follow these guidelines and maximize your reach by using Apple-provided marketing assets correctly. Additionally, the
Using the Apple-provided assets correctly makes it easy for your audience to get your books. Follow these guidelines and maximize your reach by using Apple-provided marketing assets correctly. Additionally, the
Use the Apple Books badge in your email, digital ads, apps, websites, and whenever else you promote the books that you offer on Apple?Books. Your audience will see the badge as a sign of?quality.
Use only the Apple-approved badge artwork. Never create your own Apple?Books badge or change the artwork in any?way.
If you create marketing material for web or onscreen communications, use the high-resolution scalable artwork in SVG format. For printed material, use the badge artwork in EPS format in the color profile (CMYK or RGB) that matches the color profile of your print production?mechanical.
Apple offers Apple?Books badge artwork translated into many languages for “Get it on” and “Pre-order on” message options. “Apple?Books” always appears in English. Don’t create your own translated or localized badge. Use the artwork provided by?Apple.
The Apple?Books badge must be readable in all marketing communications promoting your books offered on Apple?Books. If you use the badge online, you must include a link to Apple?Books wherever the badge is?used.
You can get the link by going to the Apple?Books product page for the book or audiobook you want to promote. On a computer, right-click or Control-click your book‘s image and choose Copy Link. On iPhone or iPad, tap the “…” icon on your product page below the book’s cover image to show the Action menu, tap Share Book, and then tap?Copy.
Use only one Apple?Books badge in your layout or video. Place the badge below or to the right of the images and copy promoting your books or audiobooks. Keep the badge smaller than your other images and copy. Don’t make it the dominant?artwork.
If you include the Apple?Books badge along with badges for other bookstores, place the Apple?Books badge first in the lineup of?badges.
1.5.1 Minimum Clear Space and Minimum Size Follow these guidelines for print and digital material:
1.5.2 On Mobile Devices If you have advertising with very limited layout space, such as banners for mobile devices, use a badge size that’s clearly readable on these devices. Minimum clear space around the badge should be at least one-tenth the height of the badge.
1.5.3 Backgrounds Do not alter the Apple-provided badge artwork in any way. The gray border around the badge is part of the badge artwork and must not be left out. You can place the badge on these backgrounds:
When you integrate the badge in your layout, use only the Apple Books badge from?Apple.
The Apple?Books lockup is a combination of the Apple?Books icon and type with a call-to-action message — “Get it on Apple?Books” or “Pre-order on Apple?Books” — set in specially designed type. Use only lockup artwork provided by Apple and do not alter the artwork in any?way.
A lockup can be used in all marketing communications promoting content on Apple?Books. If badges from other services appear on your communication, do not use a lockup. Instead, use the Apple?Books?badge.
The lockup is designed for greater graphic versatility and can be used on layouts where the Apple?Books badge is either crowded by limited layout space or appears visually heavy in the layout. The lockup is especially suited to banner ads, print ads, and other forms of advertising. Whenever a lockup is used online, you must include a link to Apple?Books.
The Apple?Books lockup is a promise to your audience of a high-quality entertainment experience. Follow these guidelines to make sure you’re using the lockup correctly. Marketing materials don’t usually require approval by Apple, but there are a few exceptions. Written approval from Apple is required for materials used?in:
Be sure to allow at least seven business days for review and approval. See the
Use only the lockup artwork provided by Apple. Do not change the Apple-provided artwork in any way. Never build your own Apple?Books?lockup.
If you create marketing material for the web or onscreen communications, use the high-resolution scalable artwork in SVG format. For printed material, use the lockup artwork in EPS format in the color profile (CMYK or RGB) that matches the color profile of your print production?mechanical.
Use on light?backgrounds.
Use on dark?backgrounds.
Use on layouts with minimal color or when the preferred color lockup does not appear clearly against the background. Use on light-color backgrounds. The background shows through the book?icon.
Use on layouts with minimal color or when the preferred color lockup does not appear clearly against the background. Use on dark-color backgrounds. The background shows through the book?icon.
Apple offers the Apple Books lockup artwork with the call-to-action messages translated into many languages. “Apple Books” always appears in English. Never translate “Apple?Books.”
Follow these requirements for using the Apple?Books?lockup.
Follow these guidelines for print and digital material: Minimum clear space around the lockup should be at least one-quarter the height of the lockup. Do not place photos, typography, or other graphic elements inside the minimum clear space area. Allow more space whenever?possible.
Minimum lockup size is 6 mm for printed materials and 25 pixels for digital use. Do not make the lockup the dominant?graphic.
If you have advertising with very limited layout space, such as banners for mobile devices, use a lockup size that’s clearly readable on these devices. Minimum clear space around the lockup should be at least one-tenth the height of the?lockup.
You can place the lockup on these?backgrounds:
Avoid mistakes. Use artwork exactly as provided by?Apple.
The Apple?Books icon can be used alongside other social media icons that are similar in shape or size. The icon can also be used to link to content within apps, where the Apple?Books badge or lockup does not fit. Do not create your own icon. Only the versions shown here are?approved.
Use on backgrounds that provide sufficient?contrast.
Use on dark?backgrounds.
Use on light?backgrounds.
Use the preferred color icon whenever other icons are also shown in color and whenever the background provides sufficient?contrast.
You can use a custom icon color when other social media icons also appear in the same custom?color.
The key to a great marketing campaign is clear and effective messaging. To make sure that your books and audiobooks are the stars of your message, we’ve included some tips to keep in mind when you talk about your book, your audiobook, Apple?Books, or Apple?products.
When you talk about your book being available on Apple?Books, use one of the following?phrases:
Don't use the phrase “at Apple?Books.” You also shouldn’t use “downloadable” when you refer to a book on Apple?Books.
“Apple?Books” is the preferred term for the entire Apple?Books ecosystem, including the app where customers buy books and audiobooks, read books, and listen to?audiobooks.
Don’t use any other words for “Apple?Books.” For example, don’t say “iBooks,” “iTunes Bookstore,” “Apple Books Store,” or “Apple’s Books Store.” “Apple?Books” is always in English, even when the rest of the copy?isn’t.
Put the focus of your marketing message on your book and not on Apple. Here are some ways to do?that:
Always list Apple products first if your book is also compatible with other mobile or computing devices. Never display Apple product images next to images of other mobile devices or?computers.
Apple doesn’t approve the use of Apple devices such as iPhone or iPad as prizes or rewards in contests and sweepstakes. Don’t indicate that your contest or sweepstakes is sponsored or endorsed by?Apple.
Provide appropriate credit attribution for Apple trademarked terms and use appropriate trademark symbols in your communications, as described in
When you’re creating advertising campaigns, keep the following points in?mind.
Larger media campaigns with print or broadcast media placements typically require approval from Apple. We’ve added more details to the
For your broadcast end cards, you can use the Apple?Books badge, the Apple?Books lockup, or an Apple?Books vanity URL. If you have a voiceover, focus on your book. Do not mention Apple?Books and other retailers in the same ad. Also, remember that all broadcast ad placements must be approved by?Apple.
Pre-roll video can also include the Apple?Books badge or Apple?Books vanity URL at the end of your footage to remind your viewers that they can find your book or audiobook on Apple?Books.
We suggest you use the Apple?Books badge or lockup on its own in social media ads. If the ad unit requires it, it’s OK to use the Apple?Books badge along with the names of other media stores and services. Just make sure that the Apple?Books badge is listed?first.
As mentioned earlier, most marketing materials don’t require approval by Apple. However, we do require written approval for material?that’s:
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Use the appropriate credit lines in all communications worldwide, listing all the Apple trademarks used in your communication. List only the trademarks actually used in your?materials.
For?example:
Place the credit lines wherever you provide legal notification. Follow standard practices for the placement of legal copy, such as creating additional screens or providing interactive links. Include the credit lines only once in your communication or?website.
For more information on using Apple trademarks, visit
In communications distributed only in the United States, the appropriate symbol (TM, SM, or ?) must follow each Apple trademark the first time it is mentioned in body?copy.
For example: iPhone?, iPad?, and Apple?Books?
Don't add a symbol to the Apple?Books badge artwork provided by Apple and don't add symbols to headline?copy.
For communications developed for mobile devices, follow standard practices for the placement of legal copy, such as creating additional screens or providing interactive links to legal?copy.
For the correct trademark symbols, refer to the
Your images including your content within iPhone and iPad, or photographs thereof cannot be used in any manner that falsely suggests an association with Apple or is likely to reduce, diminish, or damage the goodwill, value, or reputation associated with Apple?Books, iTunes, iPhone, iPad, or Apple?itself.
With Apple’s approval, a translation of the legal notice and credit lines (but not the trademarks) can be used in materials distributed outside the U.S. Never translate an Apple?trademark.