Lean Publishing Tip of the Day: Adding a Co-Author to Your Book

On Leanpub, we make it easy to add a co-author to your book.

Lots of books are written by more than one author!

On Leanpub, we make it easy to add a co-author to your book.

Basically, you just need to ask them to create a Leanpub account if they don’t already have one, and then invite them to be a co-author using the email address for their Leanpub account.

The following article sets out the process step-by-step:

How do I add a co-author to a Leanpub book?

When you’re adding them as a co-author, you also need to assign a royalty percentage to them.

But basically all they need to do is accept the co-author invitation from you that they will receive via email.

Here’s a link to an example of what a book with co-authors looks like:

Holistic Testing: Weave Quality into Your Product by Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin

The Fine Print About the Roles of Primary Author and Co-Author

When you add a co-author to a book, you’ll note that you are the “Primary Author”.

This has a specific meaning set out in our Terms of Service here. We recommend you and your co-author(s) read this section closely. It’s not long, but it’s important to understand how things work.


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