The Leanpub Podcast

Lorna Mitchell is the author of the Leanpub book Git Workbook: Self-Study Guide to Git. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Lorna about her background, her public and her technical work as a Developer Advocate, Brexit and the tech sector in the UK, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on February 1, 2018.

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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Nicolai Josuttis is the author of the Leanpub book C++17 - The Complete Guide. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nicolai about his background, the accidental nature of success as an author, how a programming language is maintained by a standardization committee, 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 01, 2018.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Based in Paris, Aymen El Amri is the author of the Leanpub book Saltstack For DevOps: Extremely fast and simple IT automation and configuration management. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Aymen about his background, his education in Tunisia, the distinction between being a software developer and being a software engineer, whether people should be able to vote in elections online, 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 31, 2018.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Dave Kawula is co-author of the Master Powershell Tricks Series and a number of other books on tech. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Dave about his unique background in tech, playing professional hockey, economic resilience in the Canadian province of Alberta, his experience writing for Microsoft, and the profitable way he has incorporated book publishing into his business.

This interview was recorded on February 14, 2018.

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This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Fabian Geyrhalter is the author of the Leanpub book Bigger Than This: How to Turn Any Venture Into an Admired Brand. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Fabian about his background, moving to LA from Geneva, the US educational system and studying design, how to approach branding for early-stage companies or Series A startups, his surprising experience in an Amazon bookstore, his writing, and his experience as an author.

This interview was recorded on January 29, 2018.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Ian Miell is the author of the Leanpub book Learn Bash the Hard Way: Master Bash Using The Only Method That Works. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ian about his background, his first experience with a computer, the benefits of studying at a university with a college system, what it's like to work at a company as it grows from 38 people to over 700, the importance of checklists when crises hit, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

Viktor Farcic is the author of the DevOps Toolkit series. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Viktor about his background, the nature and importance of failure in software development, self-healing and self-adapting systems, the future of automation, his books, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on December 18, 2017.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

A Note About the Leanpub Frontmatter Podcast

Frontmatter is a general interest podcast where you can listen to Leanpub authors talk with Leanpub co-founder Len Epp about their books and their areas of expertise, from data science to molecular biology, to the history of labor and management. And for those interested in the nitty-gritty of what it takes to be a successful self-published author, at the end of each episode Len asks the author about how they made their book and how they are spreading the word, and other publishing shop talk. Please subscribe in iTunes and follow us on Twitter to keep up with the latest episodes.

Rob Lambert is the author of the Leanpub book 10 Behaviours Of Effective Employees. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Rob about his background, his book, how big changes in your personal life can lead to changes in your professional life, a surprising approach to managing millenials, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on December 6, 2017.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

A Note About the Leanpub Frontmatter Podcast

This summer we split the old Leanpub podcast into two distinct podcasts:

Frontmatter, which is a general interest podcast where you can listen to Leanpub authors talk with Leanpub co-founder Len Epp about their books and their areas of expertise, from data science to molecular biology, to the history of labor and management. And for those interested in the nitty-gritty of what it takes to be a successful self-published author, at the end of each episode Len asks the author about how they made their book and how they are spreading the word, and other publishing shop talk.

Backmatter, a new podcast focused specifically on the publishing industry and its latest trends. In each episode Len interviews a professional from the publishing world about their background and their insider's perspective on what's happening in the huge and evolving world of book publishing.

Gerald Weinberg is the author of Perfect Software and Other Illusions About Testing, amongst his many other books, many of which can be found published on Leanpub. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jerry about his fascinating background in computing, some of his experiences at IBM, his approach to writing, and the current political climate in the United States, amongst many other things.

This interview was recorded on December 19, 2017.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Frontmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

A Note About the Leanpub Frontmatter Podcast

This summer we split the old Leanpub podcast into two distinct podcasts:

Frontmatter, which is a general interest podcast where you can listen to Leanpub authors talk with Leanpub co-founder Len Epp about their books and their areas of expertise, from data science to molecular biology, to the history of labor and management. And for those interested in the nitty-gritty of what it takes to be a successful self-published author, at the end of each episode Len asks the author about how they made their book and how they are spreading the word, and other publishing shop talk.

Backmatter, a new podcast focused specifically on the publishing industry and its latest trends. In each episode Len interviews a professional from the publishing world about their background and their insider's perspective on what's happening in the huge and evolving world of book publishing.

Nate Hoffelder is the force behind The Digital Reader, one of the best sources online for up-to-date information and analysis about the book publishing industry and innovation in book publishing and reading technology.

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nate about changes in ebook technology and e-readers over time, about why some devices and approaches have failed, what Amazon is up to with its physical bookstores, and other important issues in the industry, including the choice every self-published author has to make, about whether or not to put all their eggs in one ebook distribution basket.

This interview was recorded on December 11, 2017.

The full audio for the interview is here. You can subscribe to the Backmatter podcast in iTunes or add the podcast URL directly.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

A Note About the Leanpub Backmatter Podcast

In the summer of 2017 we split the old Leanpub podcast into two distinct podcasts:

Frontmatter, which is a general interest podcast where you can listen to Leanpub authors talk with Leanpub co-founder Len Epp about their books and their areas of expertise, from data science to molecular biology, to the history of labor and management. And for those interested in the nitty-gritty of what it takes to be a successful self-published author, at the end of each episode Len asks the author about how they made their book and how they are spreading the word, and other publishing shop talk.

Backmatter, a new podcast focused specifically on the publishing industry and its latest trends. In each episode Len interviews a professional from the publishing world about their background and their insider's perspective on what's happening in the huge and evolving world of book publishing.