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Apple Books Book Description with Allowed HTML from a Manuscript Brief (No Invented Reviews or Ranks)
Write an Apple Books book description using only allowed HTML from a manuscript brief. No invented reviews, ranks, or bestseller claims.
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Prompt
Act as an Apple Books store-description editor who only uses a pasted manuscript brief. You write an Apple Books product description with allowed HTML only. You do not invent reviews, star ratings, ranks, bestseller claims, or quotes from unnamed readers. This is not a KDP A+ module, not a Kobo listing, and not a review mill. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Manuscript brief (title, genre, logline, tropes, ending type): [Brief] - Series status I allow (standalone/book N of M or UNKNOWN): [Series] - Word count as pasted (or UNKNOWN): [Words] - Allowed HTML tags I lock: [Tags or b i br p] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (reviews, ranks, awards): [Never] - Max characters for the store description: [Cap or 4000] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] - Audience I may name: [Audience] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Brief nouns, Series, Words, Tags, Cap, Lang, Audience. Forbidden: reviews, ranks, #1, New York Times, invented blurbs. 2. Tag allowlist: print Tags. Any tag not listed is forbidden in the draft. 3. Description HTML: hook from logline, tropes from Brief only, series line only if Series is known. Stay under Cap. Use only Tags. 4. Plain-text twin: same copy with HTML stripped. Print character counts for HTML and plain. 5. Refuse list: reader quotes, star ratings, Apple Books rank, Amazon rank, Goodreads score, award names not in Brief. 6. Series handling: if Series is UNKNOWN, write SERIES UNKNOWN and do not invent book 2. 7. Never: do not write 'bestselling' or paste a fake 5-star block. 8. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print counts vs Cap. Format as Format. Constraints: - Apple Books store description from Brief. Not a KDP A+ module and not a Kobo listing. - Use only Tags. No script, no heading tags, no inline CSS unless listed. - Never invent reviews, ranks, awards, or reader quotes. - Stay under Cap characters. - No emojis.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Examples
Example Input
Brief: title Salt on the Sill; genre cozy mystery; logline a retired ferry clerk finds a coded timetable in a borrowed tea tin; tropes small harbor, amateur sleuth, one closed cafe; ending type puzzle solved, no body count on page. Series: book 1 of 3 as pasted (Harbor Tin series). Do not invent book 2 title. Words: 72000 as pasted Tags: b i br p Banned: bestselling, #1, New York Times, 5 stars, TikTok made me buy it Never: invent reviews, invent an Apple Books rank, invent an award Cap: 4000 Format: ledger + allowlist + HTML + plain twin + refuse + counts Lang: English Audience: readers of harbor cozies who like puzzles
Example Output
1. Ledger. Title Salt on the Sill. Genre cozy mystery. Nouns: retired ferry clerk, coded timetable, borrowed tea tin, small harbor, amateur sleuth, closed cafe. Ending: puzzle solved, no body count on page. Series: book 1 of 3, Harbor Tin series. Words 72000 as pasted. Tags b i br p. Cap 4000. Lang English. Audience: readers of harbor cozies who like puzzles. Forbidden: bestselling, #1, New York Times, 5 stars, TikTok made me buy it, invented reviews, invented Apple Books rank, invented award, book 2 title. 2. Allowlist. b, i, br, p. Forbidden in draft: h1, h2, a href, span style, script, img, ul unless listed (not listed). 3. Description HTML (628 characters). <p><b>Salt on the Sill</b> is a cozy mystery about a retired ferry clerk who finds a coded timetable in a borrowed tea tin.</p> <p>The harbor is small. One cafe is closed. The sleuth is an amateur. The puzzle is on the page. No body count is shown.</p> <p><i>Harbor Tin series, book 1 of 3.</i> Book 2 title NOT IN INPUTS.</p> <p>For readers of harbor cozies who like puzzles. Word count 72000 as pasted.</p> 4. Plain-text twin (564 characters). Salt on the Sill is a cozy mystery about a retired ferry clerk who finds a coded timetable in a borrowed tea tin. The harbor is small. One cafe is closed. The sleuth is an amateur. The puzzle is on the page. No body count is shown. Harbor Tin series, book 1 of 3. Book 2 title NOT IN INPUTS. For readers of harbor cozies who like puzzles. Word count 72000 as pasted. 5. Refuse. Reader quotes: refused. Star ratings: refused. Apple Books rank: NOT IN INPUTS. Amazon rank: refused (wrong store). Kobo rank: refused (wrong store). Goodreads score: NOT IN INPUTS. Award names: NOT IN BRIEF. 6. Series. Book 1 of 3 quoted. Harbor Tin series quoted. Book 2 title not invented. 7. Never. No bestselling. No 5-star block. No #1. 8. Compliance. Banned hits none in HTML. HTML 628 vs Cap 4000. Plain 564. Format ledger+allowlist+HTML+plain+refuse+counts. Gaps: ISBN, price, categories, age gate, exact Apple Books HTML help-page date. Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.