Improving your ebook publishing on Leanpub
How to add author information, cover, formatting, etc
In the previous post it was demonstrated how it is possible to publish your ebook in Leanpub from a Markdown file. Now let's see how you can improve this publication by adding more information to the book.
Henrique Costa 
In the Settings tab of your book, several options are available. The main ones are: book description, indication of authors, upload of the cover and indication of book categories:
Among these options, the most complex is the elaboration of the cover. Here are some suggestions for you to make your cover with free tools:
Henrique Costa 
Some additional options are also available: indication of the ISBN, type of formatting of the book, choice of the promotion link, among other advanced settings. It is not necessary to fill everything out and you can supplement this information later.
After filling in what it deems pertinent and publishing your book on the internet, Leanpub will assume that it is a paid book, suggesting the minimum price of USD 4.99. If you prefer to make your book available for free, you need to set the price in the Store tab .
Even so, if you do not choose to hide your book, it will be released with the option of voluntary payment.
And, if you have disclosed in your community only the main address of the book, the user will need to put the book in the shopping cart and complete the free purchase. It is an experience similar to downloading a free app from the mobile app store.
Despite this default setting, you can copy the link to the current version of your text and spread it as you prefer. The links for each version ( online , pdf , Epub and Mobi ) are functional in any environment. In this situation, you would be using the Leanpub editor, without using your store.
In conclusion, publishing in Leanpub is a relatively simple task and a great solution for those who write in Markdown . As long as you don't forget that it's a store, everything will be fine. After all, Leanpub may even induce you to market your book, but it always leaves some configuration alternative so that you just distribute your content without paying anything. Whatever your choice, the result of the edition will enhance your content even more.