What authors have had to say about Leanpub, on camera and in their own words.
Every testimonial here is a passage from a Leanpub Launch video or Leanpub Podcast interview where an author volunteered something about publishing with Leanpub. The words are extracted by AI tooling with an instruction to be verbatim, and each one links to the moment in the interview it was said.
Leanpub Is a Perfect Environment for Writing in MarkdownSimon Martinelli, author of Writing Use Cases for AI
“LeanPub is a great platform, especially for developers like me who likes to write in Markdown. It's a perfect environment.”
Launch video
I wouldn't have done this without Leanpub's support and the ease of book publishingAmarpreet Singh Bassan, author of LM from First Principles
“Thank you so much, Len. And yeah, I wouldn't have done this without Leanpub's support and the ease of book publishing, but at the same time, ensuring that appropriate guardrails are there so that accountability of sharing the right, legitimate and trustful information with our...”
Launch video · 10:35 in the full interview
Publishing 40–50 Page Books on One C++ Topic at a TimeSandor Dargo, author of The C++ Interview Book
“I post on a weekly basis, again, mostly about C++. And then, little by little, I realized that, well, maybe I could collect some of these ideas and publish them as a book. And that's when I found Leanpub. It's a great platform for, say, technical writers. And first, I wrote...”
Launch video · 1:55 in the full interview
Leanpub Cares About Authors — One Feature Request ThoughEdiz Najim, author of Systems Thinking for Agentic AI
“Really, your platform is very good and very nice. And you take care about the authors. You meet the authors, ask them. And really, it is very good for us to make this podcast or interview. One thing, maybe the paper print books. This will be great for us to say we have a paper...”
Leanpub Podcast · 32:01 in the full interview
Leanpub Gave an Independent Researcher a Free Book LaunchKandasamy Selvaraj, author of Rethinking Performance Engineering for Agentic AI
“Thank you, Len, for giving this wonderful opportunity, and I wanted to thank Leanpub for giving this wonderful platform for people like me, an independent researcher, to providing this kind of publish, to provide a platform to do the free launch on my book. So to tell about...”
Launch video · 0:18 in the full interview
A Platform Where Both Readers and Authors Can GrowThomas De Vos, author of Securing Enterprise AI Agents / Architect the Agent
“Absolutely. Thank you so much, Len. And yeah, I believe Leanpub is absolutely an amazing platform, right? You guys are doing a brilliant job. I know you've got an entire team working there alongside with yourself, and constantly kind of revamping the platform itself,...”
Launch video · 4:47 in the full interview
Low Friction, Low Barrier to Entry to Become a Published AuthorGareth Holebrook, author of Ishi: The Discipline of Determined Intent
“So I left Visa at Christmas 2019, and in January 2020 I said, right, okay, let's get into this. And I logged into Leanpub. I'd heard about Leanpub probably five years prior, and immediately I thought, this is great, this is incremental and iterative, get out what you've got,...”
Leanpub Podcast · 54:26 in the full interview
I Can Write the Book in Git? That's What Sold Me on LeanpubJay LaCroix (Learn Linux TV), author of Switching to Linux
“But then once I found Leanpub, it's like, oh, I can write the book in Git. I can actually use version control and the tools that I already know, which is one of the things that I like the most. And I also have a friend that also writes, Jeff Geerling, who I know a lot of...”
Leanpub Podcast · 13:49 in the full interview
I Didn't Think I'd Ever Write Another Book About TestingAaron Sumner, author of Testing Rails from Scratch
“So that was my first experience with Leanpub where I was like, hey, this is resonating with people. Maybe I could make a buck off of it. And yeah, it was just as you advertised. It was really simple to get going with the new book and have that out the door. And it did really...”
Launch video · 1:35 in the full interview
Fix Errors Instantly — No Tech Bro RequiredChastity White Rose, author of Assembly Arithmetic Algorithms
“And that's what I love about Leanpub actually, because I like the idea that I can fix something. If I see an error, or if one of my readers sees an error or they want something clarified more, that I can improve that. Which is of course another benefit, and this directly...”
Launch video · 17:24 in the full interview
Keep Up the Great Work, LeanpubRyan Kent, author of Deliver What Matters When It Matters
“Thanks very much, Len. I appreciate this platform and everything you're doing with Leanpub, so keep up the great work.”
Launch video · 10:51 in the full interview
Using GhostAI to Build a Backbone, Then Spiraling Into the BookPaul Tarvydas, author of Failure Driven Development
“I actually plan to approach it in the failure-driven development manner. So I used GhostAI to lay out, give me a backbone for what I wanted to talk about, and I expect to spiral into what the final version of the book will be. Hopefully, I'll get emails from early readers...”
Launch video · 8:00 in the full interview
I think the platform is pretty perfectRuss Miles, author of The Sovereign Engineer
“I don't think there's much at all, because I think the platform is pretty perfect. I would love print-on-demand directly out of the tool. Maybe it's there. I'm a print fan. For me, Leanpub would be perfect if I could say, right, version one is done. Make that available in...”
Leanpub Podcast · 1:03:38 in the full interview
Published Her First Book on a Friday Morning Without Reading theDanielle Boyce, author of Ten Habits of Great Data Analysts
“But I mean, seriously, that was me without even looking at the manual. So I did this like on a Friday morning — like, I'm serious. Like, I put, I wrote it up in Word and I put it in there … and I did it. I was like, I just put a whole book up here, I can't believe it. And then...”
Leanpub Podcast · 56:15 in the full interview
Built With Love for Knowledge SharingDr. Ryan Rad, author of The Agentic AI Book
“It's been a pleasure. Thank you, Len. And I also want to say just one additional sentence here. I just want to thank you for actually putting out such an amazing platform. I can totally say that it's been built intentionally with a lot of love for book and knowledge sharing,...”
Launch video · 9:42 in the full interview
This Author Simply Loves LeanpubJeff Sutherland, author of First Principles in Scrum
“Thanks a lot. I love Leanpub. It's great.”
Launch video · 30:01 in the full interview
Publishing In Progress Is Scary But Worth ItMark Graban, author of The Silence Tax
“It's great to be able to work through and publish in progress through the Leanpub.com process like I've done before. It's a little scary to talk about the book or to even put it out there in people's hands before the title is finally finalized, but it's a book that follows up...”
Launch video · 0:15 in the full interview
My Book Auto-Updates Daily by Tracking Source Code, Reddit & YouTubeDaniel Vaughan, author of Codex CLI: Agentic Engineering from First Principles
“So the book is really all written by Codex, with my review and with my direction on what topics to cover. It's automatically updated every day. … It's keeping track of the source code for Codex, the release notes, the documentation on OpenAI, what people are talking about on...”
Leanpub Podcast · 45:20 in the full interview
Authors All Pointed Me to LeanpubSal Kimmich, author of Code, Chips and Control
“Yeah, so I had a little bit of help and structure. So first, I was supposed to write a completely different book for a publisher. They wanted me to write on space technology. And I said, I have to write this book first before we get to that. Because I think there's a lot that...”
Leanpub Podcast · 56:14 in the full interview
A Quick Thank-You to Leanpub for the SupportEdward Abramowich, author of Rethinking Capital Project Delivery
“Hey, thanks, Len. Thanks for all your great support, and Leanpub's fantastic products and services.”
Leanpub Podcast · 55:23 in the full interview
Several defects that we had found were resolved by the team very, very quicklyLuniel de Beer, author of Ready
“Actually, there were several defects that we had found that were resolved by the team very, very quickly. But I think some of it was more structural. I think there was one of the things where we had added a glossary at the end and then actually having images on the glossary....”
Leanpub Podcast · 1:13:45 in the full interview
Git Commits to Finished Book: A CI/CD Pipeline for WritingRomano Roth, author of The Cybernetic Enterprise
“And then I can use Git, which is absolutely awesome. It was really, really, really, really helpful for me. I would never have finished that book with Word. And then you can create webhooks and automatically create your compiled version of the book, which is nothing else than a...”
Leanpub Podcast · 58:23 in the full interview
A Game Changer: Share With the World Without WaitingQiusheng Wu, author of Introduction to GIS Programming
“Yeah, thank you very much for the invitation, Len, and also the great conversation. I really enjoy it. And also thank you for maintaining Leanpub. It's a game changer for me, like for somebody that don't want to go through the traditional publisher. So for me, I really enjoy...”
Leanpub Podcast · 50:30 in the full interview
Leanpub + Private GitHub Repos Is My Secret WeaponEd Barnard, author of Beyond Prompt Engineering
“Let me first tell you the magical feature that you did build for me. And that's the lifetime membership, where I can have up to a hundred books. I've got literally 20 or more books stealthed that are projects that may or may not come to fruition. But what that does is, that...”
Leanpub Podcast · 45:36 in the full interview
What I Really Like About Leanpub: Agency and AutonomyAnne-Marie Charrett, author of The Quality Coach's Handbook
“I guess I'd prefer to twist and say what I really like about the platform. I mean, the things that I really enjoy about the platform is that you have your agency and your autonomy, and I think that is so important when you're writing your voice, and I think that's the thing,...”
Leanpub Podcast · 53:37 in the full interview
I Thought Everyone Would Pick the Minimum Price — They Didn'tNicolas Brown, author of Real World Agility
“But I do, I will counter that with a feature that I love is explaining to someone that's an author how much they've made compared to other platforms, the royalty, also the elastic pricing model. Because for me, I was like, well, how's that gonna work? Surely everyone's gonna...”
Leanpub Podcast · 58:07 in the full interview
One Wish for Leanpub: Local PDF BuildsRyan Ripley and Todd Miller, author of Fixing Your Scrum
“So to be honest with you, I think the spec is really easy. I mean, it's Markdown, right? It's Markdown-esque, with some things about it. … What I really wish is that you could locally build the PDF. Only because going up and having to generate it manually and bringing it back...”
Leanpub Podcast · 46:37 in the full interview