Free Author Membership
Everything you need to write, publish and sell your first books and courses on Leanpub, free: three books and one course, and five previews or publishes a month.
Free membership
Free!
What Free includes
Everything you need to get started
A Free Author Membership is where every Leanpub author starts. It includes our editors, the same royalty rate as every other author membership and all our marketing features, with room for three books and one course.
- Three books and one course
- Five previews or publishes a month
- Our Minimal, Visual and Source editors, and Upload Mode
- The same royalty rate as every Leanpub author membership
- Coupons, bundles, tracks and all our other marketing features
- Support through the Author Forum or by email
3
books, plus one course
Books and courses
Three books and one course
A Free Author Membership lets you write three books and one course. When you need more room, a Mini Author Membership gives you up to 100 books and 100 courses.
5
previews or publishes a month
Previews and publishes
Five previews or publishes a month
Preview or publish up to five times a month: enough to see your book take shape, and to ship it. A Mini Author Membership raises that to 20 a month, and a Light Author Membership makes it unlimited.
What's included
Everything in your Free Author Membership
Included in Free
Room for your first books and a course, for as long as you like.
Enough to see your book take shape, and to ship it.
Write in the browser, or upload a finished PDF and EPUB.
A membership never changes what you earn on a sale.
Sell on Leanpub from your first day.
Ask in the Author Forum, or email hello@leanpub.com.
Free!
Want more features? Check out our Mini Author Membership!
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Get started
Free, forever. There's nothing to buy: create your first book and start writing.
Free Author
A Free Author Membership is all you need to get started writing, publishing and selling your first books and courses on Leanpub. Upgrade any time for more features, including creating more books and courses, more monthly previews and publishes, GitHub and Dropbox support, shelf spots and AI usage!
Free!
Switch to this plan- Write three books and one course
- Preview or publish up to 5 times per month
- Write books using our Minimal Editor, Visual Editor or Source Editor, or upload PDF and EPUB files with Upload Mode
- Create courses using our Visual Editor or Source Editor
- Earn 80% royalties on purchases of $7.99 and up, and 80% minus 50 cents on purchases below $7.99
- Sell on Leanpub with coupons, bundles, tracks and all our other marketing features
- Support via the Author Forum or email to hello@leanpub.com
Frequently asked questions
FAQs
What does a Free Author Membership cost?
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What royalty rate does Leanpub pay?
Start writing. Upgrade when you're ready.
Want room for more books and courses, and more previews and publishes a month? That's the Mini Author Membership.