Create from a PDF

A PDF flipbook turns one PDF, such as a brochure, catalog, manual or magazine, into a flipbook. Each flipbook uses one PDF.

Create the flipbook

1. In Neo Product Catalog Flipbook, go to Flipbooks and click the Create flipbook button.
2. Under Source, on the PDF flipbook card, click Choose PDF.
3. On Select a PDF, upload a PDF, paste a link to one, or click one in Your files.
4. Click Use this PDF.
5. Set the title and settings, and check the preview.
6. Click Create flipbook in the save bar at the top of the page.

Add your PDF

Select a PDF gives you three ways to choose the file:

• Upload PDF: choose a PDF on your computer, pick where to save it under Save to, then click Upload. Shopify Files takes files up to 20 MB and Managed storage up to 100 MB. See Upload a file.
• Paste a link: paste a direct https link to a PDF in PDF link, then click Add PDF. See Use a link to a file.
• Your files: click a PDF you already have. The list shows PDFs from your store’s Files and from Managed storage, newest first. Click Load more to see older ones.

A PDF you upload or link is added to Your files and selected for you. Managed storage files show a Managed storage badge, and pasted links show a Link badge.

Title and settings

After you click Use this PDF, the page shows the settings tabs next to a live preview. The title starts as the PDF’s file name without “.pdf”, so “spring-catalog.pdf” becomes “spring-catalog”. Change it on the General tab. For everything else you can set, see Customize the viewer.

Tip

The flipbook’s link includes the title it has when you create it, and it doesn’t change if you rename the flipbook later. Set the title you want before you click Create flipbook.

To start again with a different PDF, click Discard in the save bar.

On the Free plan

On the Free plan, shoppers see the first 25 pages of a PDF flipbook. If your PDF is longer, a banner appears once the preview loads: “Your Free plan shows the first 25 pages.” When you click Create flipbook, a dialog offers Upgrade now or Create anyway. Both create the flipbook, and Upgrade now then opens Shopify’s plan page. The preview in the app always shows every page. See The 25-page limit.

After you create it

The app takes you to the Flipbooks page and shows “Flipbook created.” The flipbook is visible to shoppers straight away. Next, add it to your theme or share its public link.

You can’t swap the PDF later. To use a different PDF, create a new flipbook. See Manage your flipbooks.