Leanpub authors love Leanpub.
Matthew Guay
Content Marketer at Zapier
“While most eBook exporter apps today can generate PDF files and many support ePub, there's one tool we recommend above all after trying 8 of the most popular: Leanpub.”
Paul Redmond
Author of Writing APIs With Lumen
“Leanpub forces you to focus on writing and gives you immediate feedback. Allowing Leanpub to take care of the curation and delivery helped me focus on shipping my book.”
Reg "Raganwald" Braithwaite
Author, JavaScript Allongé, the "Six" Edition
“Simple and lean, forces me to focus on writing and marketing, and pays excellent royalties.”
Jeff Geerling
Author, Ansible for DevOps
“With Leanpub, the first person who purchased my book for $9.99 almost two years ago (and only received a preface, and two short intro chapters) has had access to almost every bit of knowledge I've gained in those two years, and *that's* the value.”
Daniel Root
Author, Trello Dojo
“I love that Leanpub makes writing and publishing a beautiful book so simple. I no longer spin my wheels with layouts and formats - Leanpub gets out of the way when it's time to write, and then automates everything when it's time to publish.”
Simon Brown
Author, Software Architecture for Developers
“Leanpub allows me focus on content, takes care everything else and offers an amazing author royalty. It’s a fantastic platform for writing and publishing books.”
Paul Bradshaw
Paul runs the MA in Online Journalism at Birmingham City University
“I earn more royalties from my books on Leanpub than I do with well established publishers or through Amazon (which I publish on thanks to Leanpub's mobi conversion).”
Karen Greaves
Growing Agile
“Leanpub makes publishing your own book super easy. The fact that you can release updates continually helps with the mindset of getting a minimum version out ASAP and then iterating to improve. ”
Manuel Kiessling
Author, The Node Beginner Book
“Four years ago, I joined Leanpub to just give it a try. Today, over 28,000 book sales later, I cannot help but say that I'm the biggest Leanpub fan on this planet!”
Aaron Sumner
Author, Everyday Rails Testing with RSpec
“Leanpub made it simple for me to run with my book idea and build my reputation in the Ruby community. I went from first draft to first sale in days, not months or years.”
Johanna Rothman
Author of 8 Leanpub books and counting…
“Leanpub helps me see my books as I write them. Even better, I can find readers early, to read my books and offer suggestions. I can pivot, if I see the need.”
Phil Sturgeon
Author, Build APIs You Won't Hate
“Leanpub helped me gauge interest in my book, get payments early on when it was only a few chapters, and has got me a bunch of sales just from people browsing around the site.”
Samantha Laing
Growing Agile
“Leanpub helped me achieve my goal of publishing a book. Its simple, easy to use interface got my book up and making money within weeks, I love Leanpub!”
W. Jason Gilmore
Author, Easy Laravel 5
“Leanpub is a game changer for independent authors, removing the hassles associated with formatting, book production, and electronic sales, freeing up the time to do what we do best: write.”
Taylor Otwell
Creator Of Laravel
“I love using Leanpub because I can write my book using simple Markdown notation. Leanpub let's me focus on my content and they handle the rest.”
Ryan Bigg
Author, Multitenancy with Rails
“Leanpub takes the pain out of publishing. They provide the tools, you provide the books and then magic happens.”
Chris Hartjes
The Grumpy Programmer
“Leanpub's book-creation tools allowed me to focus on creating the types of books I wanted to write instead of worrying how to create my own book publishing toolchain. I have never regretted using Leanpub to publish my ebooks.”
Roger D. Peng
Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
“As an academic, I like Leanpub because it lets me write and get my ideas out there quickly. Leanpub is simply the best place for publishing my books. ”