Max Author Membership

Everything in Pro, plus AI usage that renews every month, VIP author support, and two months on The Shelf every year you're a member.

Become a Max author See everything you get

Quarterly membership

$32.99 / month

$98.97 billed every 3 months

What Max adds

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

A Max Author Membership includes everything in our Pro Author Membership: GitHub and Dropbox sync, custom themes, print-ready PDF export, InDesign export, Google Analytics and the Leanpub API. Then it adds three things.

Two months on The Shelf a year, the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage
AI usage, renewed every month
VIP author support by email

months on The Shelf, every year you're a member

The Shelf

Two months on The Shelf, every year

The Shelf is the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage: a month there puts your book in front of every reader who lands on Leanpub. Each month on The Shelf includes promotion in a weekly and a monthly sale newsletter.

Your months are for any of your published books. How they arrive depends on the term you choose:

Annual: both months are yours the day you join, to use whenever you want them.
Quarterly: a quarter's worth at a time, which comes to two months a year.
Monthly: a month on The Shelf every six months you're a member.

Renewed every month

on every term

AI usage

AI usage that renews every month

Your Max Author Membership includes AI usage, renewed every month on every term. It is enough to help you outline and edit your book, but not for heavy usage.

It runs GhostAI, the writing collaborator built into the Leanpub editors.

Planning to lean on AI for a whole book? The Ultra Author Membership has ten times the AI usage of Max.

Support

VIP author support

Every Leanpub author can get help on the Author Forum or by email to hello@leanpub.com. As a Max author you also get VIP author support, by email to vip@leanpub.com.

What's included

Everything in your Max Author Membership

Included in Max

Two months on The Shelf a year

The bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage, for any of your published books.

AI usage, renewed every month

Enough to help you outline and edit your book, on every term.

VIP author support

By email, at vip@leanpub.com.

Also included in Max

AI Support: instant suggestions when your book or course has generation failures
GitHub and Dropbox sync, so you can write on your own computer
Google Analytics, InDesign export and the Leanpub API
Unlimited previews and publishes (Mini has 20 a month)
Custom themes for your books
Print-ready PDF export
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

$32.99 a month$98.97 billed every 3 months

Become a Max author

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Choose your term

Every term includes everything on this page. Your months on The Shelf arrive differently on each one, as each card explains.

Monthly

Max Author

A Max Author Membership adds a spot on The Shelf on the Leanpub homepage every six months you're a member, which includes promotion in a weekly and a monthly sale newsletter. Max Author also includes VIP support and AI usage.

$34.99/ monthBilled monthly

Everything included with the Pro Author Membership, plus...
A month on The Shelf, the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage, every six months you're a member — for any of your published books
The Shelf is the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage: a month there puts your book in front of every reader who lands on Leanpub
The month on The Shelf you get every six months is a $179 value, and six months of this membership cost $209.94, so you're paying only $30.94 for those six months above the value of the month — less than the $59.94 a Mini Author Membership costs over the same six months!
AI usage, renewed every month — enough to help you outline and edit your book, but not for heavy usage
VIP author support via email to vip@leanpub.com

Quarterly

Max Author

$32.99/ month$98.97 billed every 3 months

Save $24 a year vs monthly billing

Everything included with the Pro Author Membership, plus...
Two months on The Shelf a year, the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage — a quarter's worth at a time, for any of your published books
The Shelf is the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage: a month there puts your book in front of every reader who lands on Leanpub
The month on The Shelf you get every two quarters is a $179 value, and two quarters of this membership cost $197.94, so you're paying only $18.94 for those six months above the value of the month — less than the $53.94 a Mini Author Membership costs over the same two quarters!
AI usage, renewed every month — enough to help you outline and edit your book, but not for heavy usage
VIP author support via email to vip@leanpub.com

Annual

Max Author

A Max Author Membership adds two months on The Shelf — the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage — yours the day you join, for any of your published books, which includes promotion in a weekly and a monthly sale newsletter. The value of those two months on The Shelf alone is more than the entire cost of the membership! Max Author also includes VIP support and AI usage, renewed every month.

$29.99/ month$359.88 billed annually

Save $60 a year vs monthly billing

Everything included with the Pro Author Membership, plus...
Two months on The Shelf, the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage — yours the day you join, for any of your published books, whenever you want them
The Shelf is the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage: a month there puts your book in front of every reader who lands on Leanpub
The two months on The Shelf you get every year are a $358 value, and a year of this membership costs $359.88, so you're paying only $1.88 for that year above the value of the months — less than the $95.88 a Mini Author Membership costs over the same year!
AI usage, renewed every month — enough to help you outline and edit your book, but not for heavy usage
VIP author support via email to vip@leanpub.com

Frequently asked questions

FAQs

What is The Shelf?

The Shelf is the bookshelf on the Leanpub homepage. A month there puts your book in front of every reader who lands on Leanpub. A Max Author Membership earns two months on The Shelf a year, for any of your published books.

When do I get my months on The Shelf?

It depends on your term. On the annual term, both months are yours the day you join. On the quarterly term, you get a quarter's worth at a time, which comes to two months a year. On the monthly term, you get a month on The Shelf every six months you're a member.

How much AI usage does a Max Author Membership include?

Enough to help you outline and edit your book, but not for heavy usage. It renews every month, on every term. If you need more, the Ultra Author Membership has ten times the AI usage of Max.

How do I reach VIP author support?

Email vip@leanpub.com. Every Leanpub author can get help on the Author Forum or at hello@leanpub.com; VIP author support is the address for Max and Ultra authors.

If I already have a Lifetime Standard Membership or Lifetime Pro Membership and I upgrade to a monthly or annual Max Author Membership, what will happen if I cancel my Max Author Membership later?

We'll put you back on your Lifetime Standard Membership or Lifetime Pro Membership. It's lifetime, after all.

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!

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Need more AI usage than Max includes? The Ultra Author Membership has ten times as much.

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