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Leanpub: Publish Early. Publish Often.

Leanpub is a platform for authors, readers, course creators, and self-publishers. Readers can read ebooks and take online courses while authors are still writing them and get every update free; authors can write, publish, and sell their own in-progress book or course.

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About this tool

What is Leanpub?

Leanpub is a platform that lets readers read ebooks and take online courses while the author is still writing them, and get every update free. It also lets authors, course creators, and self-publishers write, publish, and sell their own in-progress book or course.

Key Features

  • Publish early: Readers can start reading before the work is finished and receive all future updates for free.
  • Sell books and courses: Authors can sell in-progress books or courses.
  • Create bundles and tracks: Supports creating books, bundles, courses, and tracks.
  • Automate publishing workflows: Provides an API for automating publishing workflows.
  • Coupon management: List, get, create, and update coupons via API.
  • Audiobook support: Leanpub now supports audiobooks.

Who It's For

  • Authors
  • Readers
  • Course creators
  • Self-publishers

Platforms

Android, iOS, Linux, Windows.

Best for
  • Authors who want reader feedback and revenue while still writing
  • Creators who want to self-publish a book or course
  • Readers who enjoy in-progress works and updates
  • Self-publishers who need automated publishing workflows
Use cases
  • Read ebooks while the author is still writing them
  • Take in-progress online courses
  • Write and publish your own book or course
  • Sell in-progress books or courses
  • Create book bundles and tracks
  • Automate publishing workflows
Strengths
  • Freemium model, free to start
  • Public API for automated publishing and coupon management
  • Available on Android, iOS, Linux, Windows
  • Low learning curve
  • Audiobook support
Limitations
  • Freemium model; free-tier feature or usage limits are not specified in the facts
  • Using the API requires generating an API key
  • API rate limits: create operations 2/min, write operations 15/min

Features & use cases

Readers can read before completion and get updates freeSell in-progress books or coursesCreate books, bundles, courses, and tracksAPI for automating publishing workflowsCoupon managementAudiobook supportAvailable on Android, iOS, Linux, Windows

Quick facts

Public API available
Self-hosting supported

At a glance

Monetization
  • Freemium
Maturity signals
  • Public API
Learning curve
  • Low

Resources

Learn more about Leanpub's ebook formats and where to read them

Sources

Every profile keeps its sources and latest verification date.
01https://leanpub.com/help/api

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