Online Magazine Maker

Design the issue in the software you already use, export it as a PDF, then upload that PDF to HB Flipbook. It becomes a browser-based, page-turning publication you publish and share with a link, no rebuilding and no redesign.

Yes. A finished magazine PDF is exactly what HB Flipbook expects. Every page is converted for browser reading with your original layout preserved, and the reading mode, branding and sharing settings live on the publication rather than in the file.

Yes. HB Flipbook has an ongoing Free plan, not a trial, with no credit card required. You can have one flipbook published at a time and up to 5 saved drafts, with your own logo and colours, share links, embedding and basic view figures.

Software that publishes and distributes a magazine on the web rather than designing it. HB Flipbook is that publishing half: it hosts your finished issue at a link, presents it in a page-turning reader, adds interactive elements over the pages and reports how it was read. It is not magazine-design software.

Yes. Export your InDesign document as a PDF and upload it. HB Flipbook has no direct InDesign integration, it simply publishes the exported PDF exactly as you produced it.

Yes, the same way: download your Canva design as a PDF and upload that file. There is no Canva integration; the exported PDF is all HB Flipbook needs.

No. Nothing is reflowed, restyled or rebuilt. Your pages appear as you exported them, and anything you add, links, buttons, hotspots, stickers, sits on top of the published publication without changing the source PDF.

Yes. You can place web links, buttons, email links, phone links, embedded video and invisible hotspots anywhere on any page, on every plan including Free. Page stickers and callouts are included too.

Yes. Every published issue comes with an embed code you can paste into your own site, included on the Free plan, so readers browse it inside your page instead of downloading a file.

Yes. The reader is built for phones and tablets as well as desktops, readers swipe or tap to turn pages and the pages scale to the screen.

Basic views show publication opens. The current publication report also shows reading sessions, unique visitors for newer tracking data, average distinct pages per session, completion and page reach across plans. Historical data has limitations. Tracking can be switched off per publication.

Yes, on every plan, including Free. A protected issue asks for a password before it opens, is kept out of public listings and search, and can be unlisted or unpublished at any time.