The Leanpub Podcast

Michael Bhaskar is co-founder of the UK-based book publisher Canelo, and the author of The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network and Curation: The power of selection in a world of excess. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Michael about his background, his early career experience at a prestigious literary agency, digital publishing, curation, tech, and power, and his experience launching and building a successful publishing startup.

This interview was recorded on April 20, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM178-Michael-Bhaskar-2021-04-20.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Jana Boruta is co-author of the Leanpub book Digital-First Events: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Building Engaging Community Experiences. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jana about her background and career, the nature and importance of community building and organizing events, the huge impact of the pandemic on her team's work and how they pivoted to digital events, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on Aproil 16, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM177-Jana-Boruta-2021-04-16.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Cesare Pautasso is the author of the Leanpub book Beautiful APIs. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Cesare about his background, how he got into computers and technology, exchange programs and studying Computer Science, software artchitecture and microservices, blockchain, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 23, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM176-Cesare-Pautasso-2021-02-23.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Lee Baker is the author of the Leanpub book Getting Started With Statistics: A Series of Bitesize Guides For Beginners. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Lee about his background, his early work in medical physics and artificial intelligence, how he got into statistics, setting up his own company, how to protect yourself from being misled by statistics, his books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on March 4, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM175-Lee-Baker-2021-03-04.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Stephen Godfrey is the author of the Leanpub book Imposter Therapy: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Start Living. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Stephen about his background, his somewhat circuitous career path, his book and some ways of overcoming imposter syndrome, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 19, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM174-Stephen-Godfrey-2021-02-19.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Matt Parsons is the author of the Leanpub book Production Haskell: Succeeding in Industry with Haskell. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Matt about his background, how he got into programming and Haskell, some of the similarities between composing music and software, the inspiration for his book, some of the challenges of getting Haskell code into production, including hiring, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 16, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM173-Matt-Parsons-2021-02-16.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Andy Grove is the author of the Leanpub book How Query Engines Work: An Introductory Guide. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Andy about his background, how he got his first programming job at the age of sixteen, moving the US from the UK, what query engines are, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 9, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM172-Andy-Grove-2021-02-09.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Special Guest: Simon Collinson is an Australian digital publishing professional currently based in Toronto. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Simon about his background, how he got into the book industry, living and studying in London, the role that location can play when it comes to success or prestige in the publishing world, working on data analytics at Kobo, the concept of data skepticism, Tilted Axis Press, and his new role at TextbookHub.

This interview was recorded on January 14, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM171-Simon-Collinson-2021-01-14.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Bruce Eckel is co-author of the Leanpub book Atomic Kotlin. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Bruce about a range of topics including his background, independent consulting, writing books and how preoccupied you should be with the eventual outcome of any book project, working with publishers, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on January 11, 2021.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM170-Bruce-Eckel-2021-01-11.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Special Guest: Mike Shatzkin is Founder & CEO of The Idea Logical Company, with decades of experience in the book publishing industry. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mike about how he's been experiencing the pandemic in Manhattan, his latest work projects, the history of the general book trade publishing concept, and some of the fascinating ways the pandemic has affected the book industry in the United States in 2020, accelerating transformative trends that were already taking place, and at the end, they talk about his work on climatechangeresources.org.

This interview was recorded on December 1, 2020.

The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM169-Mike-Shatzkin-2020-12-01.mp3. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137 or add the podcast URL directly here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leanpub-podcast/id517117137.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.