Light Author Membership

Everything in Mini, plus unlimited previews and publishes, custom themes for your books, and print-ready PDF export.

Become a Light author See everything you get

Quarterly membership

$13.99 / month

$41.97 billed every 3 months

What Light adds

Everything in Mini, plus three things Mini doesn't have

A Light Author Membership includes everything in our Mini Author Membership: up to 100 books and courses, and everything in Free. Then it adds three things.

Preview or publish an unlimited number of times per month
Create custom themes for your books
Print-ready PDF export

Unlimited

previews and publishes

Previews and publishes

Preview and publish as often as you like

A Mini Author Membership lets you preview or publish up to 20 times per month. With Light you can preview or publish an unlimited number of times per month.

PDF

print-ready export, in your own theme

Themes and print

Custom themes and print-ready PDF

With Light you can create custom themes for your books.

You also get print-ready PDF export.

What's included

Everything in your Light Author Membership

Included in Light

Unlimited previews and publishes

A Mini Author Membership lets you preview or publish up to 20 times per month.

Custom themes

Create your own themes for your books.

Print-ready PDF export

Export any of your books as a print-ready PDF.

A service creditLifetime only

Toward Leanpub Marketing Packages or Author Services. It is good for one month on The Shelf, the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage, which includes being promoted in one weekly and one monthly sale newsletter.

Also included in Light

Up to 100 books and courses (Free has three books and one course)
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

$13.99 a month$41.97 billed every 3 months

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Choose your term

Every term includes everything on this page. The lifetime term also comes with a service credit.

Monthly

Light Author

$14.99/ monthBilled monthly

Everything in our Mini Author Membership, plus...
Preview or publish an unlimited number of times per month
Create custom themes for your books
Print-ready PDF export

Quarterly

Light Author

$13.99/ month$41.97 billed every 3 months

Save $12 a year vs monthly billing

Everything in our Mini Author Membership, plus...
Preview or publish an unlimited number of times per month
Create custom themes for your books
Print-ready PDF export

Annual

Light Author

$12.99/ month$155.88 billed annually

Save $24 a year vs monthly billing

Everything in our Mini Author Membership, plus...
Preview or publish an unlimited number of times per month
Create custom themes for your books
Print-ready PDF export

Lifetime

Light Author

A Light Author Membership gives you unlimited previews and publishes, custom themes, print-ready PDF export, up to 100 books and courses, and support via the Author Forum or email. A lifetime membership also includes a $179 service credit toward Leanpub Marketing Packages or Author Services — good for one month on The Shelf, which includes being promoted in one weekly and one monthly sale newsletter.

$449once

Everything in our Mini Author Membership, plus...
Preview or publish an unlimited number of times per month
Create custom themes for your books
Print-ready PDF export
Includes a $179 service credit toward Leanpub Marketing Packages or Author Services — good for one month on The Shelf, which includes being promoted in one weekly and one monthly sale newsletter!

Frequently asked questions

FAQs

How often can I preview or publish with a Light Author Membership?

An unlimited number of times per month.

What is the service credit that comes with a lifetime Light Author Membership?

A lifetime Light Author Membership includes a service credit toward Leanpub Marketing Packages or Author Services. It is good for one month on The Shelf, the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage, which includes being promoted in one weekly and one monthly sale newsletter. The monthly, quarterly and annual terms don't include it.

What royalty rate does Leanpub pay?

We pay 80% on books and courses priced at $7.99 and up. Below $7.99, we pay 80% minus 50 cents. So, you earn $3.50 from a $5 sale, $8 from a $10 sale, $16 from a $20 sale, and $24 from a $30 sale. You'd be surprised how many people buy $20 and $30 ebooks, and $89 or $129 courses!

Publish as often as you like, in your own theme

Want to write on your own computer with GitHub or Dropbox, and get AI Support if a generation fails? That's the Pro Author Membership.

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