Welcome to Leanpub!

In this comprehensive guide for authors writing in our Browser writing mode, we’ll take you through everything you need to know about writing, publishing, and selling a book on Leanpub.

You’ll learn how to easily create a new book and start writing - and producing ebook files from your manuscript - in just a couple of minutes, with just a few clicks.

You’ll learn how to add your “About the Book” information to your book’s web page on Leanpub, and how to edit your online author profile.

With everything you need set up, you’ll learn how you can publish your book as you write it, adding new chapters to your published book one-by-one.

You’ll learn how you can notify readers when a new version of your book is published, and how you can gather email addresses they share with you, so you can build a contact list for your own email newsletter.

You’ll learn how to create coupons to give free copies to reviewers, and to create special discount promotions.

You’ll learn how to use lots of other amazing Leanpub features, like setting up team discounts for bulk sales to companies, turning your book into an online course, and how you can use a variety of Leanpub services to reach whole new audiences.

You’ll even learn how you can use Leanpub features to produce the files you’ll need to sell your book on other self-publishing platforms, including the files you’ll need to get it into print.

Our goal here is to do this step-by-step, so you can learn everything you need to learn easily, by reading short sections and watching short videos, that add up to a comprehensive understanding of the power Leanpub gives you as a self-published author, to write your book and reach an audience around the world.