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How to brand your bookshelf: logo, colors, and layout

Adjust Appearance and Branding settings to match your visual identity

Overview

Flipsnack’s redesigned bookshelf interface provides a streamlined workspace to organize and brand your flipbook collections. By utilizing the Branding, Appearance, and Edit features, you can transform a simple list of documents into a professional digital library that aligns with your corporate identity, enhancing reader engagement and trust through a cohesive visual experience.

👥 Where bookshelf branding is helpful
  • Internal communications: Centralize company handbooks and HR policies in a single branded hub for employee access.
  • Product catalogs: Organize seasonal or regional catalogs in a searchable library for B2B buyers.
  • Sales enablement: Provide sales teams with a "Sales Kit" bookshelf containing all current brochures and presentations.

Requirements

How to brand and manage your bookshelf

To brand and manage your bookshelf, you have two primary entry points from the Content page: the Customize button for visual settings and the Edit button for content management.

Branding settings

To access these settings, hover over the bookshelf and click the Customize button. This opens the redesign workspace with a live preview and a sidebar.

Note: All bookshelves now feature continuous scrolling instead of page-by-page navigation. Browsing feels effortless as readers flow through your entire collection in one smooth motion, making it much faster to find and open publications in large collections.

  • Click on the Branding tab in the left sidebar.

  • Logo:

    • Click Replace to upload your company logo (.PNG or .JPG).

    • Click the trash icon to hide the logo.
  • Logo link: Enter your website URL in the text field to make the logo a functional navigation element.

  • Background: Customize the backdrop of your bookshelf:

    • Solid: Choose a single brand color using a HEX code or the color picker.

    • Gradient: Select two colors to create a professional blended effect.
    • Image: Upload a high-resolution image. You can adjust the fit and position to ensure it scales correctly across different devices.
  • Show shelf: Choose whether to display the shelf graphic or hide it for a cleaner, minimal look.

The Branding tab of a bookshelf with Your logo, Background, Background color and Show shelf highlighted

Appearance settings

The Appearance tab is also found within the Customize workspace:

  • Click on the Appearance tab in the left sidebar.

The Appearance tab of a bookshelf with Flipbook cover size, Open flipbooks in new tab, Allow searching in bookshelf, Show flipbook name on mouse over and Rounded flipbook corners highlighted

  • Flipbook cover size: Choose between Small, Medium and Large covers to adjust how many flipbooks will fit on one row. 
  • Open flipbooks in new tab: Toggle this to open flipbooks in a new tab when the user clicks on their cover.
  • Allow searching in bookshelf: This toggle adds a search bar in the top right corner that can be used to search for flipbooks based on keywords you can find in them.
  • Show flipbook name on mouse over:Display the flipbook name on hover for more context. 
  • Rounded flipbook corners: choose rounded or square corners for the covers on the shelf.
  • Bookshelf cover: The cover is displayed both in the dashboard and on your public profile page, making it easier to distinguish bookshelves visually. 

How to manage bookshelf content (Organize)

The Organize tab, on the left of the Customize page, holds the flipbooks on the shelf:

  • Drag a flipbook by its handle to change the order, or click the sort icon to order them by Name, Date created or Date modified.
  • Click Add more flipbooks to add others.

The Organize tab of a bookshelf listing its flipbooks with drag handles and the Add more flipbooks button

Additional tips / FAQs

  • Logo recommendation: For the best results, use a transparent PNG file with a 5:1 aspect ratio.
  • Live preview: The central workspace updates instantly as you adjust settings or change background colors, allowing you to preview designs before saving.

Troubleshooting

  • Readers do not see your changes: click Share on the Customize page to publish them.
  • Background image is blurry: Upload an image with a minimum width of 1920px. Smaller images will stretch to fit the viewer's screen, causing pixelation.
  • Can I brand different bookshelves with different logos? Yes. Branding and appearance settings are applied on an individual bookshelf basis, allowing you to create tailored libraries for different clients or departments.
  • Is the new layout mobile-responsive? Yes. The grid automatically adjusts based on the reader's screen size, ensuring your branded library looks professional on phones, tablets, and desktops.

Next steps

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