Azat Mardanov

Who are you?

Azat Mardanov

A growth hacker and a software engineer @DocuSign, an author @RPJSBook and a yogi. Teach at @HackReactor, @GA, @TheNewCircle, @pariSOMA. http://azat.co San Francisco, CA · expressjsguide.com

Can you describe your Leanpub books? Are they in-progress or complete? What types of books are they?

JavaScript, agile full-stack programming, Node.js

What do you think about Leanpub?

I <3 LeanPub!

Why do you use Leanpub?

it works

How did you discover Leanpub?

google?

What’s your favorite Leanpub feature?

publish, markdown, aside icons, table of contents

How have you reached out to potential and existing readers of your books?

blog: http://webapplog.com Facebook, Google plus

What are your thoughts on the Lean Publishing approach? What types of books, and what types of authors, do you think it is good for?

I yet to try it for fiction/business books where there’s no code. I think business writing will be smoother and faster with LeanPub. After my my second book with LP I’m a less believer in Lean Publishing concept, or maybe I don’t get it fully.

How long was your first Leanpub book when you first clicked the publish button? Would you publish earlier or later next time?

First book: ~100pages Second book: ~300 pages Later, because each time I want to bring better products to readers (while I know what’s working/needed).

How can we improve Leanpub?

Better design, hard to find things in the menu, faster preview/publish (maybe CLI tool for Mac/Unix).