BookSparker
Reader magnets and ARCs

Give away your reader magnet. Grow your mailing list.

Upload your book once and get a landing page that hands it to every reader who signs up, on whatever device they read on, and adds them to your email list. Send ARCs to your review team the same way.

Start giving away your bookSee how it works
  • EPUB, Kindle and PDF from one upload
  • Signups go straight to your email list
  • Free to start

See it in action

A reader magnet page in about a minute

Choose the kind of page, the book and the email list new readers join, then pick a look. The page is ready to share.

Everything your reader magnet needs

From the page readers land on to the book in their hands, with every one of them on your list.

  • Every format from one upload

    Upload a Word document or an EPUB. BookSparker makes the EPUB, Kindle, PDF and MOBI files, so every reader gets one that works on their device.

  • New readers join your list

    Readers enter their email to get the book and go straight to MailerLite, Mailchimp, Kit, EmailOctopus, Flodesk, or AWeber. No provider yet? BookSparker keeps the signups for you to export.

  • Help for every e-reader

    Readers pick Kindle, Kobo, NOOK, Apple Books or Google Play Books and get the steps for that app, can email the book to their Kindle, or start reading in the browser.

  • ARCs for your review team

    A subscribers-only page checks each email against the list you choose before the download starts, so only your team gets the book, and you can see who did.

  • Pages that look like your books

    Five themes, your own colors and fonts, and a free sample of the first 10% that readers can open before they sign up.

  • See what's working

    Views, downloads and conversion for every page, and an email before you reach your plan's monthly downloads.

Every page also has a QR code for print and events, and can close on a date you set, for an ARC that should end after launch.

Your reader magnet, live in three steps

From upload to a page you can share, in minutes.

1

Upload your book

Add your reader magnet as a Word document or an EPUB. The other formats are made for you.

2

Create the landing page

Choose Email Collection, pick the email list new readers should join, and choose a look.

3

Share the link

Put it in your back matter, your welcome email, a newsletter swap or a social post. Every reader who claims the book joins your list.

Downloads on every plan

Start on the free plan and upgrade when your reader magnet takes off.

Free Forever

Free

100 downloads a month

  • 1 landing page
  • 1 email list connection

Growing Author

7,500 downloads a month

  • Unlimited landing pages
  • 4 email list connections

Pro Author

Unlimited downloads

  • Unlimited landing pages
  • 8 email list connections

We email you when readers have used 80% of a month's downloads, and again at the limit. The count starts over every billing month.

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Reader magnet FAQ

What authors ask before they give away their first book with BookSparker.

A free book or story you give away in exchange for a reader's email address: often the first book in a series, a novella or bonus scenes. It is the most common way indie authors grow a mailing list.

They enter their email on your landing page, then pick how they read: Kindle, Kobo, NOOK, Apple Books, Google Play Books or another app. They can download the right file with the steps for that app, email it straight to their Kindle, or start reading in the browser.

MailerLite, Mailchimp, Kit, EmailOctopus, Flodesk, and AWeber. New readers are added to your list as soon as they claim the book. If you don't use a provider yet, BookSparker keeps the signups for you, and you can export them as a CSV any time.

Yes. A subscribers-only page asks for the reader's email and checks it is on the list you choose before the download starts, so nobody else can get the book, and you can see who downloaded it. You can also set the page to close a few days after launch.

100 a month on the free plan, 7,500 on Growing Author and unlimited on Pro Author. We email you when readers have used 80% of a month's downloads, and again at the limit. The count starts over every billing month.

No. Upload a Word document or an EPUB and BookSparker makes the EPUB, Kindle, PDF and MOBI files for you, ready for any e-reader.

Give away your reader magnet today

Upload your book, create the page and share the link. Every reader who claims it joins your list.

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