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AI Services give our authors AI superpowers. These services are based on GPT-4, the latest and greatest AI technology.

With our TranslateAI service, our authors can have their books translated into dozens of languages, including Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and more.

With our CourseAI service, our authors can have their books turned into online courses, with quizzes, exercises, automated marking, and a certificate of completion.

80% Royalties. Earn $16 on a $20 book.

We pay 80% royalties. That's not a typo: you earn $16 on a $20 sale. If we sell 5000 non-refunded copies of your book or course for $20, you'll earn $80,000. (Yes, some authors have already earned much more than that on Leanpub. In fact, authors have earned over $12 million writing, publishing and selling on Leanpub.)

On Leanpub, you can write in Markdown and generate your ebook or course with one click, or you can upload your own PDF or EPUB files. Either way, Leanpub is the best place to write, publish and sell in-progress and completed ebooks and courses, with coupons, variable pricing, bundles and more...

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Alex Pukinskis

Alex Pukinskis, Author of The Art of Connected Facilitation: Stop Wasting Time in Zoom and Make Plans that Stick

Alex Pukinskis - Alex is the author of the Leanpub book The Art of Connected Facilitation: Stop Wasting Time in Zoom and Make Plans that Stick. In this interview, Alex talks about his background and career, what facilitation is and why it’s important, and the future of work.

Alex Pukinskis - Alex is the author of the Leanpub book The Art of Connected Facilitation: Stop Wasting Time in Zoom and Make Plans that Stick. In this interview, Alex talks about his background and career, what facilitation is and why it’s important, and the future of work.

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Publish Early, Publish Often

Imagine a world where authors can earn money writing books...

You can use Leanpub to write, publish and sell an ebook or online course.

We pay 80% royalties. That's not a typo: you earn $16 on a $20 sale. If we sell 5000 non-refunded copies of your book for $20, you'll earn $80,000.

Authors have earned$12,878,698writing, publishing and selling on Leanpub.

You can either write your book in Markdown or you can upload PDF or EPUB files to sell in our store.

If you are writing in Markdown, you can use our simple in-browser text editor, or you can write on your computer and sync with GitHub or Dropbox. Either way, you can publish your Leanpub ebook with one click. You can publish your book while you're writing it, or wait until it is done: it's up to you.

You can create a Leanpub course in Markdown as well. Leanpub courses are like Leanpub books, but with quizzes and exercises that learners complete on the Leanpub website to earn a certificate of completion. To learn more about how to create a Leanpub course, you can watch this video on YouTube which shows the entire process from signup to publish!

Reader Memberships

Leanpub reader memberships support Leanpub authors and Leanpub!

Leanpub is a platform where authors self-publish ebooks and online courses. We're a bootstrapped startup, and we launched in 2010.

Leanpub Reader Memberships are a great deal. They give you you free access to about 2000 books on Leanpub that are only free with membership. This includes hundreds of books about computer programming, data science, software architecture and more!

Besides being a great deal, Reader Memberships support Leanpub authors! Specifically, 50% of the money from Reader Memberships is paid as royalties to Leanpub authors.

The Leanpub 60-day 100% Happiness Guarantee

Within 60 days of purchase you can get a 100% refund on any Leanpub purchase, in two clicks.

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80% Royalties. Earn $16 on a $20 book.

We pay 80% royalties. That's not a typo: you earn $16 on a $20 sale. If we sell 5000 non-refunded copies of your book or course for $20, you'll earn $80,000.

(Yes, some authors have already earned much more than that on Leanpub.)

In fact, authors have earnedover $12 millionwriting, publishing and selling on Leanpub.

Learn more about writing on Leanpub

Free Updates. DRM Free.

If you buy a Leanpub book, you get free updates for as long as the author updates the book! Many authors use Leanpub to publish their books in-progress, while they are writing them. All readers get free updates, regardless of when they bought the book or how much they paid (including free).

Most Leanpub books are available in PDF (for computers) and EPUB (for phones, tablets and Kindle). The formats that a book includes are shown at the top right corner of this page.

Finally, Leanpub books don't have any DRM copy-protection nonsense, so you can easily read them on any supported device.

Learn more about Leanpub's ebook formats and where to read them

Write and Publish on Leanpub

You can use Leanpub to easily write, publish and sell in-progress and completed ebooks and online courses!

Leanpub is a powerful platform for serious authors, combining a simple, elegant writing and publishing workflow with a store focused on selling in-progress ebooks.

Leanpub is a magical typewriter for authors: just write in plain text, and to publish your ebook, just click a button. (Or, if you are producing your ebook your own way, you can even upload your own PDF and/or EPUB files and then publish with one click!) It really is that easy.

Learn more about writing on Leanpub