BookSparker vs BookBub Author Websites
BookBub Author Websites is the closest match to BookSparker: a website builder made for authors, with a free plan, your own domain even on Free, and newsletters sent from BookBub. BookSparker is the better fit if you have a series or several pen names: series pages and a free book for signups are free, signups go to your own email provider, and swaps and group promos help your list grow.
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BookSparker vs BookBub Author Websites at a glance
A side-by-side look at the features that matter most for scaling your sales and growing your readership.
Free plan
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BookBub Author Websites
Your own domain
BookBub connects a domain you already own by switching its nameservers to BookBub; a new domain costs $15/year.
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BookBub Author Websites
Book pages built from your books
BookBub imports e-book details only; print-only books are added by hand.
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Series pages
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Newsletter signup on your site
BookSparker
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Sends your newsletter for you
BookSparker sends signups to your own email provider, or keeps them for CSV export. BookBub sends nothing that month once your list is bigger than your remaining emails.
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Signups to your own email provider
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Free book for newsletter signups
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A website for each pen name
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Blog
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Templates and design
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Book details marked up for search engines
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Visitor stats
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Privacy page
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Book swaps, group promos and landing pages
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BookBub Author Websites pricing vs BookSparker
BookBub Author Websites has a free plan with no time limit, and Pro at $9.99/month or $7.99/month billed yearly, with a 14-day Pro trial. Free includes 3 templates, a your-name.author-pages.com address or a domain you already own, a signup form and up to 1,000 emails a month. Pro adds series pages, a free book for signups, more templates and up to 10,000 emails a month. Prices are in US dollars.
BookSparker
Free Forever, then scale as you grow
- Free ForeverFree
1 Author Website · Free booksparker.com Address · 20 Books · 1 Mailing List Integration · 3 Swaps/mo
- Growing Author$15/mo or $150/yr
4 Author Websites · 4 Custom Domains · No BookSparker Footer Note · Unlimited Books · 100 Swaps/mo
- Pro Author$25/mo or $240/yr
8 Author Websites · 8 Custom Domains · No BookSparker Footer Note · 8 Mailing List Integrations · Unlimited Swaps
BookBub Author Websites
BookBub’s website and newsletter builder for authors
- FreeFree
No time limit: 3 templates, a your-name.author-pages.com address or your own domain, a signup form and up to 1,000 emails a month.
- Pro$7.99/mo yearly or $9.99/mo
Series pages, a free book for signups, reviews and trailers on book pages, more templates and up to 10,000 emails a month, with a free domain for the first year on yearly billing.
BookBub Author Websites pricing as reviewed October 2026. Pricing can change, so confirm the latest on BookBub Author Websites.
The honest pros and cons
Where BookSparker pulls ahead, and where BookBub Author Websites is genuinely the stronger pick.
Why authors choose BookSparker
- Series pages and a free book for signups on every plan; on BookBub both need Pro
- Signups go straight to the email provider you already use, so your list is never held back by a sending cap
- A website for each author name, up to 4 or 8 on paid plans, each with its own domain
- A privacy page written for you in your visitor’s language, plus an optional legal notice link
- Change the design by describing it in your own words, or paste your own CSS
- Book swaps, group promos and landing pages to grow your list in the same account
Where BookBub Author Websites wins
- Your own domain on the free plan, at no extra cost
- Sends your newsletter itself, with a welcome email and open and click stats
- A blog, events, a press kit and many other page types
- Imports your e-book details from Amazon or BookBub and builds the book pages
- Pro is $7.99/month billed yearly, with a free domain for the first year
BookBub Author Websites trade-offs
- Series pages, a free book for signups and header design need Pro
- Sending stops for the month once your list outgrows your remaining emails, so a list past 1,000 readers needs Pro
- One site per account, with pen names shown as collections on it
- Built-in labels such as Buy Now and Subscribe are in English only, prices are in US dollars, and there is no legal notice (imprint) page type
Which should you choose?
Choose BookSparker if
Authors with a series or several pen names who want series pages and a free book for signups on the free plan, their own email provider, and swaps and promos to grow their list.
Choose BookBub Author Websites if
Authors who want one simple site with a blog and a newsletter sent from the same place, on their own domain for free, and whose readers speak English.
Switching from BookBub Author Websites?
You do not need to rebuild your pages. Add your books to BookSparker and your site is built from them, then keep your BookBub site live while you polish the new one. Export your subscribers from BookBub as a CSV for your email provider, connect that provider to your BookSparker signup, and point your domain’s www address at BookSparker on a paid plan when you are ready.
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