At Leanpub, we’ve always encouraged authors and readers to talk to each other.

But for years we’ve kind of phoned it in, giving readers an “Email the Author(s)” button on each book landing page.

We also recommended authors put an email address in a section near the front of their books, asking readers for feedback.

That was better than nothing, but to really encourage readers and authors to communicate, and to give this communication meaningful context, we’ve finally built what we always knew everyone needed: Leanpub Messages.

Leanpub readers can now click a “Contact the author” button a book landing page to send them a message in Leanpub:

When you get a message about it, you’ll see it in two places.

First, you’ll see it in your book’s “Reader Messages” page:

Second, you’ll also see it in the Messages page in your Account section:

Watch the video to learn more about this amazing new feature for connecting authors and readers!

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