Leanpub for technical authors
Where technical books get written, and bought.
People come to Leanpub to buy technical books. Publish yours here while you are still writing it, keep it current as the technology moves, and earn 80% royalties on what you sell.
Why Leanpub
Built for the way technical books are written.
A technical book is never finished: the tools change, the versions change, and readers want the current one.
Your readers already shop here
Leanpub is primarily a place where people come to buy technical books and business books. A book about a language, a framework or a practice is at home in this store.
Publish while you write
Put the first chapters on sale, hear from real readers, and keep writing. Each time you publish, every reader gets the new version with a click.
Readers can buy an unfinished book safely
Every purchase has a 60-day, 100% refund guarantee, so a reader loses nothing by buying your book before it is done.
Write in plain text
Write in Markua, our Markdown for books, with your code samples as part of the manuscript. Write in the browser, or with a Pro Author Membership or higher, on your own computer with GitHub or Dropbox sync.
One manuscript, every format
Publishing produces a PDF, an EPUB and a web version of your book from the same manuscript. Print-ready PDF export comes with a Light Author Membership or higher.
Turn the book into a course
Leanpub sells courses as well as books, and tracks of courses. Teach what the book teaches, with quizzes and exercises, in the same store.
Royalty rate
80%
on every sale of $7.99 and up, and 80% minus 50 cents on purchases below $7.99.
Royalties
You keep most of every sale.
Leanpub's self-published authors earn 80% royalties on every sale of $7.99 and up, and 80% minus 50 cents on purchases below $7.99.
A membership never changes what you earn on a sale: the royalty rate is the same on every author membership, the free one included.
Readers choose what to pay, and they see how much of it goes to you while they choose.
Where next
Start with a chapter.
You do not need a finished manuscript, or a paid membership, to begin.
Start free
A Free Author Membership is where every Leanpub author starts, with our editors and the same royalty rate as every other membership.
Stuck around chapter three?
Most books die unread, and most of those die unfinished. Books Die Alone is the talk about why, and what a first version actually needs.
Want help writing it?
GhostAI works on your manuscript with you. It comes with a Max or Ultra Author Membership.
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Publish early. Publish often.
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