TapBookAuthor
TapBookAuthor is a browser-based platform for creating and publishing interactive e-book apps without programming.
What TapBookAuthor is
TapBookAuthor is a browser-based platform for creating and publishing interactive e-book apps without programming. Its drag-and-drop editor allows teams to work on one cloud-stored project. Books can combine sounds, images, slideshows, and videos, with media converted for different devices. Elements can respond to taps by playing media or animations or by hiding and showing other elements. Animation tools include transitions, timed starts, interaction-triggered starts, carousels, and event-triggered GIFs. The pricing page also lists karaoke with animated text synchronized to sound, plus PDF import for legacy material. Finished books can be published to the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Windows Store, either as separate apps or in a bookshelf app using in-app purchasing. The Indie plan is free until publishing, then costs $89 a month for one user and unlimited apps.
Good
- Drag-and-drop browser editor
- Supports audio, images, slideshows, and video
- Interactive animations and tappable elements
- PDF import for existing content
- Publishes to three app stores
Watch out
- Indie plan charges when publishing
- Enterprise price requires contacting sales
- Hand-coding is listed only for Enterprise
Who it suits
It suits self-published authors and larger publishers creating media-rich books without programming. Teams needing shared browser editing may also find the cloud project model suitable.
Verdict
TapBookAuthor covers authoring, multimedia interaction, and store publishing in one browser-based workflow. The free-until-publishing Indie plan may suit individual authors, while teams needing advanced controls must ask about Enterprise.
Plans and prices
From TapBookAuthor's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Indie | $89 a month | 1 user · unlimited apps · native cross-platform apps · multimedia · interactive elements · animations · karaoke · states and layers · cloud collaboration · PDF import · quizzes/custom interactions · API and hand-coding · workspaces · when you publish; free until you publish |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | minimum 3 users · unlimited apps · native cross-platform apps · multimedia · interactive elements · animations · karaoke · states and layers · cloud collaboration · PDF import · quizzes/custom interactions · API and hand-coding · workspaces · customized for your book |
The facts
Each one read from TapBookAuthor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Animations
- Animation features include transitions, timed starts, interaction-triggered starts, carousels, and event-triggered GIF animations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Animation tools
- Animation functions include transitions, timed starts, layer visibility, tap-triggered actions, carousels, and GIF activation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- The Enterprise plan includes an API and the ability to hand-code parts of an app.checked 8 Oct 2026
- API integration
- An official case description says the API can connect internal and industry-standard login services and support widgets such as dictionary lookups.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes the product as suitable for big publishers and self-published authors.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Authoring
- Its browser-based drag-and-drop editor lets teams work on the same project, with project content stored in the cloud.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Cloud collaboration
- The authoring environment stores projects in the cloud so multiple people can work online.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Customers
- The maker identifies Cappelen Damm, Little Pickle Press, Samlaget, and Samsung KidsTime Author’s Award projects as customers or partners.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom states and layers
- Authors can define alternate states such as day/night or happy/sad and use layers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Drag-and-drop editor
- The product provides a drag-and-drop, do-it-yourself authoring editor.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External news
- Computerworld reported on February 10, 2017 that the Lesemeister reading app was piloted in three schools and was being expanded to 20 more, with more than 3,000 pupils and teachers interested.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External product description
- CB Insights describes the product as a no-code drag-and-drop platform for creating interactive e-book apps and distributing them through app stores.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External rating
- Clutch shows the referenced supplier engagement with a 5.0 overall rating and 8 reviews.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External service praise
- A Clutch review from TapBookAuthor’s CTO praised an external design supplier for agile communication, deadline respect, and rapid feedback handling.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding
- CB Insights lists total funding of $270,000, with a latest $120,000 round classified as debt.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App-store publishing
- Books can be deployed as applications to Apple App Store, Google Play, and Windows Store.checked 15 Oct 2026
- In-app purchasing
- A project can be packaged as one app or as a bookshelf app with multiple books sold through in-app purchasing.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company headquarters
- The maker lists Gaustadalléen 21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway as its visiting address.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The contact page identifies the business as ePekebok AS / TapBookAuthor.com.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company location
- The contact page gives ePekebok AS / TapBookAuthor.com’s visiting address as Gaustadalléen 21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Company size
- aVenture lists five employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External company use
- Computerworld reported that Lesemeister let pupils challenge friends, compete for reading points, and gave teachers automatically generated reading logs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded year
- aVenture lists TapBookAuthor as founded in 2012.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Oslo, Norwaychecked 28 Sep 2026
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