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How to publish a flipbook in Flipsnack and get its link

Go live from the Design Studio, then work from the Overview page

Overview

Publish a flipbook by clicking Share in the top right of the Design Studio, choosing Public, Unlisted or Private, and clicking Publish. Only a published flipbook has a link, so this is the step that turns a design into something you can send. Flipsnack then opens the flipbook's Overview page, which holds the link and every action you can take on it.

The Overview page of a published flipbook, with the public link and Trackable links along the top, the player in the middle, and Share flipbook, Edit content, Customize preview, Download, Embed, Replace PDF, Send via email, Optimize SEO, Deactivate and Move to trash down the right

💡 What publishing gives you
  • A link: a public web address you can paste anywhere, which you copy from the top of the Overview page.
  • An embed code: Embed gives you the snippet that puts the flipbook on your own site.
  • Statistics: Impressions, Views and Average time spent start counting at the first publish.
  • A Google listing, if you want one: a Public flipbook is indexed by search engines and appears on your Flipsnack profile.
  • One link for every update: republishing changes the pages, never the address you shared.

Requirements

  • Plan: every plan can publish. Which visibility settings you can choose depends on the plan, see publishing options.
  • A flipbook in your workspace, uploaded from a PDF or built from scratch.

How do I publish a flipbook?

  • Open the flipbook with Edit content to work on it in the Design Studio.
  • Click Share in the top right.
  • In Publish your flipbook, type a Title. It becomes the flipbook's name and part of its link.
  • Under Select visibility, choose Public, Unlisted or Private.
  • Click Publish.

The same dialog opens from Content: click the visibility chip above a flipbook's title. On a flipbook that is already published the button reads Update instead of Publish.

The Publish your flipbook dialog with a Title field and the Select visibility row offering Public, Unlisted and Private, above Cancel and Update

The line under the visibility row tells you what the chosen setting does. Public reads "Visible on your profile and indexed by search engines (Google, Bing, etc.)".

What is on the Overview page after publishing

Clicking a flipbook in Content opens its Overview page. The public link sits along the top with a copy button beside it, and Trackable links at its right end.

Everything you can do to the flipbook is listed down the right, and it is all visible at once. There is no menu to open.

  • Share flipbook: the Share window, where you copy the link, post it to a social network or make a QR code.
  • Edit content: the Design Studio, where you change the pages.
  • Customize preview: the Customize page, where you set what the player looks like and which controls readers get.
  • Download: seven file formats, from PDF for web to MP4. See how to download a flipbook.
  • Embed: the code that puts the flipbook on your own site.
  • Replace PDF: swap the source file for a new one. It is listed only on flipbooks made from an uploaded PDF.
  • Send via email: mail the flipbook to a list of addresses from inside Flipsnack.
  • Optimize SEO: the meta title and description Google shows for a Public flipbook.
  • Deactivate: take the flipbook offline without deleting it.
  • Move to trash: remove it from the list. Trash keeps it for 21 days.

The middle of the page is the flipbook itself, running as your readers see it. Hover it and a bar appears at the bottom with the page count, a thumbnails button, a share button and Full screen. Under it, Last 7 days statistics shows Impressions, Views and Average time spent, with View detailed analytics for the full report.

Changing who can see it

The card at the top right names the current setting: a globe, Public, and Visible to everyone. Click Change to open Publish your flipbook, pick a different visibility, and click Update.

The status card at the top right of the Overview page showing a globe icon, Public, Visible to everyone, and a Change button

The link does not change when the visibility does, so a flipbook you switch from Public to Unlisted keeps working for anyone who already has the address.

Additional tips / FAQs

  • Can I publish later? Yes. Click the arrow beside Publish to schedule the publication for a date and time.
  • I edited a published flipbook and readers see the old pages. Changes stay a draft until you republish. See editing a flipbook after publishing it.
  • Can I change the title afterwards? Yes, in the same dialog. The link keeps its original address.
  • Does publishing cost a slot? No. The number beside Flipbooks counts what the workspace holds, published or not.
  • Can I take it offline? Yes. Deactivate removes it from the link and the embed, and keeps its statistics.

Next steps

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