Author Quickstart — Get Started with One-on-One Consultation from a Leanpub Founder (and Get a $349 Credit for Special Services for Authors)!

Leanpub is free to use as an author, but it has so many features it can be a bit overwhelming at first.

So, we have a helpful service just for you. The best part? Your $249 session fee comes back to you as a $349 service credit! Yes, you read that right. More than you paid.

It's like you get paid to have a personalized one hour onboarding — from one of Leanpub's founders.

Author Quickstart: Get started with Leanpub, guided personally by one of its founders...

For just $249, you’ll get a one-hour, 1-on-1 onboarding session with one of Leanpub's founders, Peter Armstrong or Len Epp!

This 1-on-1 onboarding session is delivered as a Zoom call, which you schedule when signing up.

The main reason the Author Quickstart session exists is to help you understand how to get up and running with Leanpub, the options for importing your manuscript if you have one, and learn how and when to publish.

However, there's another use case for this session which is equally valuable...

If you're a current Leanpub author who just wants to help focus your efforts better, that's a great reason to book an Author Quickstart session too!

One of the many challenges of being a self-published author is that you don't have an opinionated development editor to give you a well-timed kick in the pants, and tell you to stop procrastinating, delete the processes that don't matter and focus on what does matter.

If that's you, then this session is for you as well. If there's one thing Peter is never short of, it's opinions! Also, Leanpub deliberately tries to keep authors focused on writing and publishing, and not distracted by things that don't matter, so we've been thinking about this for a long time.

(While this session is theoretically either with Peter or Len, currently all sessions are with Peter, and Peter is the author of two computer programming books himself, and he has run Leanpub since its inception, so he understands the challenges of being a self-published technical author and of focusing and prioritizing very well.)

The best part? Your $249 session fee comes back to you as a $349 service credit!

You can apply this $349 credit toward the cost of any combination of Leanpub services, including:

• 💡 A Lifetime Standard Membership ($349) or Lifetime Pro Membership ($549) for more features and benefits above our Free author membership.
• 📈 A 1-month spot on The Shelf ($179) on the Leanpub homepage, which includes being featured in a monthly newsletter (sent to 150,000+ readers) and a weekly newsletter (sent to 100,000+ readers)
• 📚 Concierge Import service, where we do the heavy lifting for you. (See the Frequently Asked Questions below for more information.)
• 🌍 TranslateAI ($149 for 3 languages), which can translate your book into up to 31 languages.
• 🎓 CourseAI ($1499 / $1999 / $2499), which can create a course based on your book.
• 📖 Publish on Amazon ($1499), which can handle all the Amazon KDP stuff for you.

(A Lifetime Standard Membership costs exactly $349, so if you apply your service credit to this, it will fully cover the cost — meaning if you were going to buy a Lifetime Standard Membership, the session is effectively better than free: you actually save $100 by attending it!)

This is a unique, limited-time opportunity to work directly with a Leanpub founder, get hands-on help, and ensure your publishing journey starts strong.

How it works:

1. Reserve your spot: Sign up for Author Quickstart for $249.
2. Meet with a founder: Spend an hour on Zoom with Peter or Len getting expert guidance on how to get up and running on Leanpub, and why everything works the way it does.
3. Apply your credit: Within 30 days, use your $349 credit toward marketing packages, AI services, concierge import, or a Leanpub membership. (The Lifetime Standard Membership costs exactly $349, so if you apply your service credit to this, it will fully cover the cost.)

Author Quickstart is ideal for:

• Authors with manuscripts ready to bring into Leanpub.
• Writers who want expert guidance to publish their first version.
• Educators and trainers who want to create books or courses.
• Anyone who wants to skip the Leanpub learning curve and publish with confidence.

Don’t miss this opportunity to get started the right way. Invest in your publishing journey today.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the Concierge Import service?

Importing a Microsoft Word document or EPUB file into Leanpub can be a bit tricky. If you create your book in Browser mode we have totally free Import Word and Import EPUB services which work with Word and EPUB files. However, these services don't always work perfectly, and sometimes there is manual cleanup which needs to happen afterward, or else reformatting to use Leanpub's Word template which can help before the import.

So, if you want us to just take care of everything for you, we have a helpful Concierge Import service to do just that.

This Concierge Import service can work with Word documents, EPUB files and many other manuscript formats. The cost varies based on the specific requirements of your manuscript and the level of service you need, but it typically ranges from $349 to $1499.

The output of the Concierge Import is your book manuscript in Leanpub as a Browser mode book, and nicely-formatted and previewed. You can then publish your book with one click, and update it as often as you like. When your book is complete, you can use our AI services and other services on it, etc.

Since the price of the Concierge Import service can vary widely based on the document complexity, the only way to purchase it is after an Author Quickstart consultation, where we can give you a personalized quote. The $349 service credit you get can then be applied to part of the Concierge Import service cost, if you choose to go that route.