Paperturn Reviews

First and foremost, we are a community newspaper publishing company. During the coronavirus pandemic we were forced to cease printing our newspaper for the first time in 16 years. Paperturn allowed us to stay in front of our readers and offer our advertisers an affordable option with a digital publication that looked and worked like our traditional print product. Yet, it offered a dynamic element that our subscribers and advertisers really enjoy. We are now printing again but our digital Paperturn product remains a staple and revenue stream. It integrates well to our online platform and we embed it right onto our website.

I love sharing stories via Paperturn through social media, but we can only afford 3 flipbooks right now. So after 3 weeks worth of publications the links no longer work.

I really like the basic idea of being able to send a flip book to my customers. And they easy to modify as well. But I need to do advanced things at this point and am not sure if Paperturn is the right option. I am starting to look at other products - but before I do, I want to learn what additional features exist that I can use (like embedding a link to a youtube video).

No major concerns - please see comments above.

User friendly and easy to set up, with a good feature set. Only downside is the monthly fee.

The cost. Expensive for ongoing hosting.

easy to use tool for our on-line catalogue - flip over gives our customer the impression of reading our physical catalogue ... love the search possibility :)

not much ... though would be nice if you could download the stats to excel

I love using Paperturn to help my retailers purchase easily just clicking on images to add to their shopping carts. They don't have to use PO forms and product codes and can see faster what they need to buy form us.

I did not find anything that I did not like with Paperturn

Using Paperturn has massively reduced the need to post hard copies of catalogues, saving paper, time, money and carbon emissions.

I cannot think of any cons! I really cannot think of any cons!

The ease of use of Paperturn is superb - just set up and go

Wish I could get a few more documents for the price

We love that we can host our catalog online and that everything is linked back to our site!

It takes a little bit of time getting used to but not that bad.

The software is easy to set up and use. We like the professional-looking style that the software provides to our brochures. We find very useful the statistics feature. Another positive sign about Paperturn is that many of our customers normally asked about the platform we use for our brochures. We will definitely continue using Paperturn.

We find difficult to set up the CNAME. It is frustrating even though we have some decent knowledge of the technical side of things.

Interactive for the viewer and indicates interest in their engagement by us.

None. We don’t have any problems with the flip books.

Besides the ease of uploading material, the bells and whistles that make your publication stand out are amazing. the pop-ups, the embedded videos, and all the other additions make a simple manuscript come alive.

I'm not sure 100% of the rules about using the pop-ups, etc. I need to fully understand that if I upload some pop-ups and later upload a new .pdf with additional pages, does that mess up the previous pop-ups, having to start over adding them back into the updated .pdf?

I used this software to create a flip book brochure for our company, I liked how easy it was to use the, very straight forward to upload our PDF document and add in website links.

Creating the website links in terms of putting boxes over the links was quite tricky

The best part about this software is the ease of use, it's super simple to set up and navigate with no training required for any members of my team. The UI is very intuitive and self-explanatory, yet offers high quality results. We will be able to offer our clients premium publications at no great difficulty to the company.

I would like to be able to further categorise the flipbooks so that an entire library can be shared and stored.

The products is very easy to use and very intuitive. Many options to make your content interactive and to create a full marketing cycle.

The only challenge I experienced was with the integration with my online store but I got help from the customer service team.

The most useful feature for us is versioning. When we update a brochure, the link to the file remains the same so our customers who have been sent URLs in the past will always be presented with the most up to date materials. At the same time, we can also revert to a previous copy if there are issues with any of the content or products.

The interface for adding interactive elements is not particularly intuitive.

This software is great to work with. Most valuable is the ability to upload a later version of your doc and maintain the link.

Nothing! It works great, is very intuitive and is robust.

The value you receive for the cost. It is one of those items that you set up and forget it. But this is one of those small items/tasks that can have a large impact for your organization.

Some features are limited and at times to change pictures and verbiage is time consuming.

Control centre / portal area where you can see and edit your publications easily

It would be nice to have a few additional features such as sound effects on the lower / mid level subscriptions

I like the fact that you cqn use any program to create your PDF and then effortlessly upload that file and have it available for the masses.

If there is ever an auto-update feature that will let you make edits to the parent document and it automatically upload to the paperturn product, the software would be perfect.

Ease of use
Good quality
Good value for money

Genuinely cannot think of any cons with this software!

Paperturn provides a quality service for anyone looking to publish their magazines etc online. It's easy to set up and use, with very good customer support.
We have recommended its use to other publications, and look forward to a longstanding working relationship with Paperturn.
The requirement for easy-to-use online publications is likely to expand dramatically in the future and we are pleased to be one of the first of the football 'fanzine' family to join Paperturn.

Understanding the full range of options took a while to get to grips with, but the online videos were extremely helpful.

The schools we work with love to share our content easily

Nothing springs to mind. Love it to be free of course!