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Who are you?

French, Tunisian, Color-blind and World citizen

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

1 finished Leanpub book: Humeurs Economiques about economics and mutations (in French).

1 ongoing Leanpub book: Humeurs Tunisiennes about Tunisia, my second home country (also in French).

What do you think about Leanpub?

Great idea: lean manufacturing & agile development principles applied to books and publishing.

Why do you use Leanpub?

I became a Leanpub user after a tense discussion with a bookstore employee about e-books. He challenged me to publish an e-book. I googled “self-publishing” and started the Leanpub adventure ….

How did you discover Leanpub?

I googled “self-publishing”

What’s your favorite Leanpub feature?

Multiple drafts before publication then successive published versions.

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

Twitter + my blog “Humeurs Mondialisées”

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?

Lean Publishing is really a way to decrease publishing cost and to bypass intermediaries with a very doubtul added value.

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

Around 100 pages. Next time, I will publish sooner (around 50 pages).

How can we improve Leanpub?

Continue to listen to the Google Group questions & comments.