Learn How to Plan, Write & Market Your Book in 3 Hours with Leanpub Founders

A 3-hour live workshop on Zoom taught by Leanpub cofounders Peter Armstrong and Len Epp, in three one-hour parts (all times Pacific): 10–11am — Getting started with Leanpub: create your book project and start writing your first chapter, previewing it as a professional PDF and EPUB; 11am–noon — GhostAI: write faster with Leanpub's AI writing assistant; noon–1pm — Marketing: learn how to market and sell your book. Come for all three hours, or just the parts you want — if a section isn't for you (say GhostAI), skip it and drop back in for the next. Real interaction, not a passive webinar.

You'll write in plain text using Markdown, a simple format used not only by writers and developers everywhere, but also understood by AI like ChatGPT and Claude. No special software needed. Leanpub turns your Markdown files into a professionally formatted book that you can sell or share immediately. You'll publish in-progress, get feedback from early readers, and iterate as you go.

No prior writing or publishing experience required. Just bring your idea.

Leanpub is a self-publishing platform used by thousands of nonfiction authors. You write in Markdown, and Leanpub generates a professional PDF, EPUB, and web version of your book. You keep 80% of every sale of 7ドル.99 and up, and 80% minus 50 cents for sales below 7ドル.99. Over 15ドル million USD in royalties have been paid to Leanpub authors.

1-Year Max Author Membership (349ドル value) — all Leanpub Max author tools for twelve months, including:

• Included GhostAI usage every month — GhostAI drafts, edits, and brainstorms with you right inside the Leanpub editor
• 349ドル of credits to spend on author services
• Earn 80% royalties on purchases of 7ドル.99 and up, and 80% minus 50 cents on purchases below 7ドル.99
• Write books using our Markua Editor or Visual Editor, or use GitHub or Dropbox mode. Or, just upload PDF and EPUB files with Upload Mode
• Create courses using our Markua Editor, GitHub or Dropbox modes
• Preview or publish an unlimited number of times per month
• Create up to 100 books and courses
• Create custom themes for your books
• Print-ready PDF export
• InDesign export
• Google Analytics — track your book's performance
• AI Support — get instant suggestions if your book or course has generation failures
• Access to the Leanpub API
• Support via the Author Forum or email to hello@leanpub.com

If you buy a Max Book Workshop ticket, it includes a 1-Year Max Author Membership (349ドル value) with included GhostAI usage and 349ドル of credits to spend on author services.

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