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Can I publish books on Leanpub that aren't on technical or business topics?
Can I publish books on Leanpub that aren't on technical or business topics?

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Can I publish books on Leanpub that aren't on technical or business topics?

Yes, it is OK to create, publish, and sell ebooks on Leanpub on topics that don't have anything to do with programming or business and management!

We welcome books on as wide a variety of topics as you would expect to see on Amazon or elsewhere.

The fact that Leanpub was built to make serial publishing and updating books really easy is the reason we're so popular with people writing about technology and business, but there's no real limitation here!

You Can Create, Write, and Publish Books on a Variety of Topics on Leanpub

We welcome books on all kinds of topics and genres, and we'd love to have more non-tech books!

Writing and Publishing a Book in Your Web Browser

Here is a tutorial for creating a book in our Browser writing mode:

How You Write a Leanpub Book

Leanpub books are written in plain text, in a markup syntax called Markua.

For most book formatting features, like chapter headings etc., it's pretty straightforward.

Here's a post where we explain it, if you're not already familiar with Markua:

Uploading a Book You've Already Written

If you already have ebook files for other books you've written, or if you'd prefer to use another app for creating your ebook, you can still publish on Leanpub using our Upload writing mode:


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