The reader becomes a relationship
Access is the capture: name, email, your own questions, and how far they actually read. A delivery link hands over a file; a Storybase link hands you a person.
Storybase vs BookFunnel
Storybase vs. BookFunnel: Choose the right growth engine for your book
BookFunnel is a delivery service: it gets ebook and audiobook files onto readers' devices reliably, with reader magnets, ARCs, and newsletter swaps. Storybase is the all-in-one platform for authors to publish their book and grow their audience, brand, and business. It includes production, selling, a browser reading experience, contact capture, courses, and ambassadors. If you need files delivered, BookFunnel is great at it. If the book is how you grow something bigger, that is the job Storybase was built for.
The decision, factor by factor
| BookFunnel | Storybase | |
|---|---|---|
| The job | Delivers finished book files to readers' devices | Publishes the book, then turns readers into audience, brand, and business |
| Publishing | Bring finished files; BookFunnel does not produce books | Produces the ebook, the audiobook (90+ narrator voices), and the print edition |
| Reading | Files open in reading apps or the BookFunnel app | A native app or browser reading experience: readers get a frictionless, premium way into your book, whichever they prefer |
| Your reader data | Email collection on paid plans, passed to your email platform | Every access captures name, email, and your own questions, and tracks reading progress; build your list inside Storybase or sync it to your own CRM or email platform |
| Selling | Delivery for stores you run elsewhere, like Shopify or Payhip | Built-in checkout with Stripe; authors keep up to 70% on digital sales |
| After the book | Group promos and newsletter swaps | Next-step funnels, courses inside the chapters, and ambassador programs that reward the readers who share it |
| ARCs and launch teams | Watermarked ARC delivery, a long-time strength | Pre-release copies through the same capture-first sharing |
| Not offered | Print on demand, with a QR code that brings paper readers into your funnel | |
| Price | $30 to $300 per year for delivery; audiobook delivery costs extra | Free to start; paid plans add the selling and growth toolkit |
| Best fit | Authors who need reliable file delivery, swaps, and ARCs at a low price | Authors using a book to grow an audience, a brand, or a business |
See the part delivery tools skip
A Storybase book page a reader can sample, claim, or buy, then a reading experience with your next step inside it.
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The book is also the store and the course
Sell with built-in Stripe checkout, attach videos and quizzes to chapters, and put your real next step inside the book instead of hoping readers find it.
Readers who carry the book
Ambassador programs give your best readers tracked links and a real reason to share. The program, the terms, and the revenue stay yours.
Paper joins the funnel
A QR code in the paperback drops print readers into the same reading experience and your audience. Paper stops being a dead end.
Common questions
The honest answers, before you choose.
Why the relationship beats the download
The short version of the Storybase story, one card at a time.
Turn your book into a growth engine.
Capture your audience, build your brand, and move readers to action.
A new way to use your book
Most readers move on when the book ends. Storybase changes that.
- Bring your print, audio, and ebook together into one connected platform built to keep momentum going
- Capture reader names, emails, responses, and chapter-by-chapter engagement
- Turn readers into clients, subscribers, followers, repeat customers, and ambassadors
Reach
Put your book in more hands.
- Share your full book or individual chapters from your phone in seconds
- Create discounts, giveaways, and custom offers for different audiences, events, and campaigns
- Promote your book with premium landing pages using your own branding and domain
- Ask custom questions when readers get access so you can learn who they are and what matters to them
Engage
Keep readers ridiculously engaged.
- Let readers move seamlessly between audio and ebook, or read and listen in sync
- Give readers an AI assistant trained on your book that can answer questions and unpack ideas
- Build video courses, reflection questions, and quizzes directly into your chapters
- Let readers highlight, take notes, and save AI conversations and course answers for later reflection
- Let readers share standout chapters with friends and choose soundtracks that fit their mood
Activate
Turn attention into action.
- Place calls to action directly inside the reading experience and guide readers toward their next step
- Trigger email, text, and notification campaigns based on where each reader is in your book
- Sync readers into your contacts and external CRM, along with the information they shared with you
- See which chapters hold attention, where readers drop off, and where momentum is strongest
Multiply
Equip others to carry the message.
- Equip your team to share your book from their phone in the middle of a conversation
- Let partners, clients, and fans join your program, share your book, and earn commission
- License your books and frameworks to organizations for training, education, and development
- Let ambassadors build their own contacts list through the traffic they drive
Keep the reader, not just the delivery receipt.
Set up a book, send one link, and watch a name land in your audience. Free to start.
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