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Getting started with Storybase

Learn how to get your book to readers and stay connected with them afterward. A five-minute tour of sharing, offers, your readers, flows, and ambassadors.

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Sharing starts on your book’s dashboard. Use the black Share button to send your book by text, WhatsApp, or email. The reader taps Access Now, creates a free account, and can read and listen until their access expires. Each share link is for one person. To add a personal note or pick out chapters, choose Create, then New share.

Speaking at an event? Create an offer instead. Choose Create, then New offer, and make it a free giveaway or set a discounted price. Everyone uses the same link, and you get a QR code for your slide or book table. Offers expire seven days after you create them unless you change that setting.

When someone gets your book through a share or an offer, they’re asked to share their name and email with you. Under Audience, open Contacts to see your readers and how far they’ve read or listened. Then use Flows to follow up by text or email. Emails send in your name, and replies come straight to your inbox.

Ambassadors are people you invite to share your book with their own circles. Open Ambassadors and choose Invite ambassador. You can give them access for free or have them pay a monthly subscription, and the readers they bring in become part of your audience too.

Frequently asked questions

No. There’s no charge to you or the reader. They tap Access Now, create a free account, and can read and listen to what you’ve shared until their access expires.

Send a share when it’s for one person: each share link is for one person, and you choose the chapters and how long their access lasts. Create an offer for a whole room. Everyone uses the same link, and you get a QR code for your slide or book table.

Readers who get your book through a share or an offer are asked to share their name and email with you. Under Audience, open Contacts to see them and how far they’ve read or listened. Open a reader’s record to see their chapter-by-chapter engagement.

No. Nothing sends until you turn a flow on, and it starts with new readers from that point forward. Emails send in your name, and replies come straight to your inbox.

While they’re members, ambassadors can share your book for free up to the monthly cap you set, create custom offers, and see the contacts for the traffic they drive. The readers they bring in become part of your audience too.

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