Leanpub

A writing platform and online marketplace for ebooks and online courses that addresses the need to publish, sell, and update content while it is still in progress, with readers receiving free updates. It sells to independent authors and content creators on the supply side and to general consumers and learners on the demand side, including students and professionals buying technical and educational material. It is delivered as a combined self-publishing workflow and storefront with variable pricing and an 80% royalty model.

Key features

• Write ebooks and courses in Markdown
• Publish in-progress books and courses
• Sell ebooks, bundles, courses and tracks
• Provide free updates to readers
• Variable pricing with author royalties
• Online storefront for discovery and purchase
• Organization and publisher memberships
• Course and author publishing tools