Lanternbee vs BookFunnel

Lanternbee as a BookFunnel alternative

A delivery service for ebooks and audiobooks, built for authors. Its prices and features sit next to Lanternbee’s below, including where BookFunnel does better.

What BookFunnel is

BookFunnel sends ebook and audiobook files to readers and helps them get the book onto their device. Authors use it for reader magnets, advance review copies and delivering direct sales from their store.

Who it suits

Authors who give away reader magnets, send ARCs to a review team, run group promotions, or already have a store and need the files delivered.

What BookFunnel costs

US prices, checked against the sources at the bottom of this page.

Plan	Price	Fee on sales
First-Time Author	$2.50 a month. Billed $30 a year; no direct sales delivery	None; your store’s fees apply
Mid-List Author	$20 a month, or $16.67 a month paid yearly. Audiobooks are an add-on from $2 a month plus $0.04 per hour delivered	None; your store’s fees apply
Bestseller	$30 a month, or $25 a month paid yearly	None; your store’s fees apply

BookFunnel and Lanternbee side by side

BookFunnel and Lanternbee, feature by feature
What you need	BookFunnel	Lanternbee
One book with several editions	NoIt delivers files. Your store sells them.	Yes. Ebook, audiobook, paperback and hardcover live on one book page.
Series with a reading order	NoNot a store.	Yes, with the reading order you set.
Bundles and box sets	Not listed	Yes. Readers who own book one pay less for the rest.
Ebook and audiobook delivery	YesIts main job. Audiobooks cost extra.	Yes. Download links by email, and a reader library.
Send to Kindle	YesHelps readers load books onto Kindle and other devices.	Yes, from the reader library.
Print on demand for books	NoPrint codes are printed download codes, not printed books.	Partly. Print editions are set up for BookVault or Lulu; sending orders to the printer is being built.
Your reader list	PartlySign-up pages collect emails before a free download.	Yes. Every buyer lands on your list, with tags.
Your own domain	NoNot a store.	Yes. yourname.lanternbee.shop or shop.yourname.com.
Monthly cost	First-Time Author: $2.50 a month. Billed $30 a year; no direct sales deliveryMid-List Author: $20 a month, or $16.67 a month paid yearly. Audiobooks are an add-on from $2 a month plus $0.04 per hour deliveredBestseller: $30 a month, or $25 a month paid yearly	Free: nothing a month. Author: $45 a month, or $35 paid yearly.
Fee on sales	First-Time Author: None; your store’s fees applyMid-List Author: None; your store’s fees applyBestseller: None; your store’s fees apply	Free: 5%, only when you sell. Author: none.

US prices. “Not listed” means we could not find it on BookFunnel’s own pages or in the sources below, so check with them. Card fees apply everywhere; on Lanternbee they are Stripe’s, with nothing added.

What BookFunnel does better

Fair reasons to stay where you are.

Reader magnets. A free book in exchange for a newsletter sign-up is what BookFunnel was built for. Lanternbee does not do free sign-up giveaways.
Advance review copies, with a unique link for each reviewer. Lanternbee has no ARC tool.
Group promotions with other authors in your genre.
Years of help for readers who get stuck loading a file onto an e-reader.

Moving from BookFunnel

There’s no importer for BookFunnel. Moving by hand takes these steps.

You don’t have to leave BookFunnel. Keep it for reader magnets and ARCs.
For books you sell, Lanternbee does the delivery itself: download links by email, a reader library and Send to Kindle. Upload your files to each edition on Lanternbee.
If BookFunnel was delivering sales from Shopify, use our Shopify importer to move the store. Then you can drop the Mid-List or Bestseller plan if you only used it for sales.

Questions about BookFunnel and Lanternbee

Is Lanternbee a BookFunnel alternative?

For delivering books you sell, yes: Lanternbee emails download links, keeps a reader library and sends ebooks to Kindle, at no extra cost. For reader magnets, ARCs and group promotions, no. Many authors will want both.

Can I use BookFunnel and Lanternbee together?

Yes. Use BookFunnel for free books and review copies, and Lanternbee as the store where readers buy. Lanternbee does not connect to BookFunnel, so the two run side by side.

Does Lanternbee charge extra for audiobook delivery?

No. Audiobooks are delivered on every plan with nothing per hour. On BookFunnel, audiobooks are an add-on from $2 a month plus $0.04 per delivered hour.