How to embed Book Creator ebook into one note page

Hi @Anna Davis 

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A forum and thank you for taking the time to share your situation.  

I can see why you’d want this. Having the eBook open and read directly inside a OneNote page would make things much smoother for you and your students. 

At the moment, OneNote can only display “embedded” interactive content from a specific list of supported websites and services. Since Book Creator isn’t currently included in that supported list, OneNote won’t show the live, page‑turning Book Creator reader directly on the page. In this case, a clickable link is the expected behavior. 

Embed content in OneNote - Microsoft Support 

That said, here are a few options that work well in classrooms, depending on what you want students to experience: 

Option 1 (Best for reading inside OneNote): Export to PDF and insert as a Printout 
If your priority is for students to read the book within OneNote: 

1. In Book Creator, export/download your book as a PDF. 
2. Open the OneNote page in your Class Notebook. 
3. Select Insert > File Attachment. 
4. Choose the PDF and then select Insert Printout (rather than “Attach File”). 

This places the pages directly on the OneNote page so students can scroll through and you can annotate if needed 

Insert or attach files to notes - Microsoft Support 

Option 2 (Best for keeping Book Creator interactivity): Use a cleaner, student-friendly link 
If your book includes audio/video/interactive elements, opening it via the Book Creator share link will preserve that experience. To make it look more polished than a plain URL, you can: 

• Paste a cover image into OneNote, then add the Book Creator link to that image (so students click the cover), or 
• Add a clear “button-style” line like: Read the eBook and hyperlink that text. 

Option 3: Embed the book on a website, then link that page from OneNote 
Book Creator provides embed options for websites. While OneNote typically won’t render that embed inline, you can place it on a class site/LMS page and link to it from OneNote.  

• Embed content in OneNote - Microsoft Support 
• Embedding a book on a website | Book Creator Help Center 

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