Adding categories to your book helps people discover it in our bookstore.

To add categories to your book, go to the "Categories" page for your book here:

...making sure to replace YOUR_BOOK with your book's unique web address.

You can also find the "Categories" page on your book's "Overview" page:

Here's what the Categories page will look like:

To select a category, click "Add Category":

Next, click in the "Category" dropdown menu:

You will see something like this:

Yes, most of these categories are currently for programming books! That's because it's easy to update Leanpub books, which makes them particularly suited to books on changing technologies, and similar subjects.

But we welcome books on all kinds of topics!

Just scroll down and you'll find lots of more conventional book categories:

Select a category, and you'll see this:

To add the category to your book, click "Update Book":

Now you'll see the category has been added:

You can add multiple categories. Just click the "Category" button again and choose another category:

Currently, you'll need to publish a new version of your book to apply the categories.

You can learn how to publish a new version of your book here:

After you publish a new version of your book, you'll see the categories in your About the Book section:

If you would like to suggest a new category, please email your suggestion to the team at hello@leanpub.com.

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