The Best 21 Bound Alternatives

  • Scribd

    Scribd is a social publishing site, where tens of millions of people share original writings and documents. You can submit documents of various formats, and make them private or viewable by anyone.

    Commercial Web

  • Twine

    Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • My Storybook

    Make children's storybooks online for free. Start a book and add your own images, text, items, and backgrounds. Get your book published to share with your family. Read stories in the free online children's book library.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Android Tablet iPad Chrome OS Web Chrome

  • Penana

    Penana is a cross-platform mobile app for everyone to discover and publish stories in a social and collaborative way. We are the "YouTube of Stories and Writing Contests.".

    Free Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Web Blackberry Windows RT

  • textadventures.co.uk

    textadventures.co.uk is a community of interactive fiction game makers and players. All games here are either playable in your web browser, or as an app for your...

    Free Web

  • BookAuthority

    Discover the best business books - recommended by industry leaders such as Elon Musk, Marc Cuban, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.

    Free Web

  • Lulu

    Make, self-publish, print and sell print-on-demand books, e-books, photo books and calendars with free book publishing.

    Commercial Web

  • The Forest of Doom

    Play Ian Livingstone's classic gamebook experience in this epic, text-based adventure.

    Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Steam

  • Sorcery!

    Epic, fantasy adventure in a world of magic told through a classic gamebook experience.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet

  • Twist - mini short stories

    The best of the stories always end with a twist. They make you laugh. They make you cry. They make you think, how the heck did I not see this coming. That is what “Twist...

    Free Android

  • Joosr

    Joosr offers you a new way of reading - with smart summaries of leading non-fiction books you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Learn smarter and learn faster with the Joosr app.

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows iPhone Android Tablet iPad Chrome OS Web Kindle Fire

  • Interactive ABC

    Get ready for school with the smartest alphabet ever! - Highly interactive - Fully supports Retina Display of the new iPad - 100+ animated characters - Exquisite...

    Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

  • Caverns of the Snow Witch

    Originally written by Ian Livingstone in 1984, Caverns of the Snow Witch celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2014. The ninth book in the Fighting Fantasy series, it...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone

  • Infothread

    Infothread's main purpose is giving everyone accurate graphics and detailed information about everything you can ever think of.

    Free Web

  • CreateSpace

    Through our services, you can sell books, CDs, and DVDs for a fraction of the cost of traditional manufacturing, while maintaining more control over your materials. We...

    Commercial Web

  • A Study in Steampunk

    Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone

  • Cinders

    Cinders is a visual novel where you make decisions that guide the retelling of a classic fairy tale.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Steam

  • WattRQ

    WattRQ is a fully-featured service that allows you to read Wattpad stories quickly.

    Free Personal Web

  • Heavy Metal Thunder

    Take to the stars to defend humanity against invading aliens in this interactive storybook epic from acclaimed sci-fi writer Kyle B. Stiff.

    Commercial Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad