Dropping a pdf into the program is super easy, I like that you can add links right onto specific parts of a page. The reading experience is great, and customizable - also works for reverse bound books. It's not an overly complicated program so is easy to get a hang of. For an indie manga magazine it's has been perfect. We can create a seamless and emersive experience for our customers without breaking the bank, or our brains. The fact that "Zine" is an affordable one time fee was perfect for a tiny and risky startup. I personally dislike subscriptions, especially at that early stage and this was the only one I found so it was a quick "yes". A few years later I was able to show it to a partner working on a similar, but more successful startup and he loved it! Now we have the Creative teir and have lot's of flip books to make. Part of why we got this teir was the fact that Flowpaper will host your flip books and we can both work from our own, distant computers and tag team them. Whoever replies to Flowpaper emails is very, responsive, kind and helpful which is quite a bonus!

The key feature that attracted us is the option to receive the full HTML5 code that we can then self-host. After being burned by a different vendor that closed after 20 years, we had to rebuild our online library of issues and did not want to commit our online publications to another third-party vendor. The self-hosting option was the deal-maker for us.

FlowPaper has been extremely easy to use and intuitive.