How to share a flipbook: link, QR code, embed, email

💡 Benefits of sharing a flipbook publicly

One link, any device: readers open it in a browser, with nothing to download and nothing to install.
The link points at the live flipbook: so an edit reaches everyone who already has it.
Link, social post, email, embed or printed QR code: the same flipbook travels all five ways.
Every public route feeds the same statistics: so you can see what actually gets read.
Restrict an embed to your own domain, hide it from your profile, or unpublish it: public does not mean out of your hands.

Overview

Every public sharing option for a flipbook lives in one place: the Share window, opened from the flipbook's ⋮ menu on the Content page. It has four tabs: Link, QR code, Embed and Social. The flipbook has to be published for any of them to work. Sending it by email and downloading it are separate actions on the same menu. If you need to restrict who can open a flipbook instead, read how to share a flipbook with specific people.

Requirements

A published flipbook. Sharing options are available on all plans, including Free.
Business or Enterprise for a fully branded email, and to customise the flipbook's page on Flipsnack.

👥 Where public sharing is helpful

Marketing campaigns: a catalog or lookbook that has to travel through social, email and your own site at once.
Lead generation: whitepapers and reports that need to be found in search and passed around freely.
Corporate communications: annual and sustainability reports that stakeholders and press must reach without an account.
E-commerce: shoppable catalogs embedded in a product page rather than linked away from it.
Events: programmes and schedules that reach attendees by QR code on the day and by link before it.

Share a link to your flipbook

The link opens the flipbook on its own, with no menus or related publications around it.

On the Content page, hover the published flipbook and click ⋮ beside it, then choose Share.
On the Link tab, click Copy link.

To open the flipbook on a particular page instead of the cover, set Share from page before you copy. The page number becomes part of the link.

Tip: Trackable links, below the link, creates a separate link per campaign or recipient so you can see which one people actually opened. It is worth doing when the same flipbook goes to several audiences at once.

Share on social media

Open Share → Social and pick Facebook, X, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Email.
The network opens with a post already holding your flipbook's link and a preview image, in whatever format that network supports. Add your own words before posting.

Send your flipbook by email

Open the flipbook's Overview page and click Send via email in the list on the right.

Enter the addresses by hand or with Upload CSV, then customise the message: subject, logo, title, description, button label, footer, background colour and accent colour.

The preview beside the form shows exactly what lands in the inbox. Use the toggle above it to check the mobile version as well as the desktop one.

Send it from Flipsnack, or copy the generated HTML at the bottom of the page and import it into your own email tool.

Note: The email carries the flipbook's cover, not an animation, so the recipient clicks through to read it. Sent from Flipsnack, it comes from noreply@flipsnack.com unless you set up your own email provider. Starter and Pro can change the title, subject and description; fully branded emails and private email sharing need Business or Enterprise.

Embed the flipbook on a website

Open Share → Embed. Set Width and Height, or leave Responsive on so the player fits its container.
Start from page works like the link's page setting, so the embedded player opens there.
Click Copy embed code and paste the iframe into your page.

To stop anyone else embedding the same flipbook, add your site under Domain restriction with Add link. The player then loads only on the domains you list.

Important: A private flipbook cannot be embedded. Publish it as public or unlisted first.

Generate a QR code

Open Share → QR code. The code is generated straight away and points at your published flipbook.
Add your logo with Add logo, then download it as JPG, PNG or SVG, and SVG for anything going to print.

Full detail in how to create a QR code for your flipbook and brand it.

Show the flipbook on your Flipsnack profile

Your profile page lists your public flipbooks alongside Flipsnack's own menu and footer. Business and Enterprise subscribers can customise that page and replace our branding with their own.

Open the flipbook's Overview page and scroll to its details.
Use Show publication on my profile to list or hide it, and Show publish date to display when it went out.

Let readers have a copy

On the Content page, open the flipbook's ⋮ menu and choose Download.
Pick a format , where PDF for web is the default and the right one for sharing online, then choose all pages or a range, and click Download.

Every format is compared in all download options explained.

Additional tips / FAQs

Do I need a paid plan to share a flipbook? No. Links, QR codes, embeds and social sharing work on every plan, Free included. Fully branded emails and a customised profile page need Business or Enterprise.
Why is Share greyed out or empty? The flipbook is not published yet. Publish it, then reopen the Share window.
Does the link change when I edit the flipbook? No. Readers who already have the link see the new version, and printed QR codes stay valid.
Can I share a single page? Yes. Set Share from page on the Link tab, or Start from page on the Embed tab.
Can I stop other sites embedding my flipbook? Yes. Add your domains under Domain restriction on the Embed tab and the player refuses to load anywhere else.
How do I share with specific people only? That is private sharing, not public, so see how to share a flipbook with specific people.

Next steps

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