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The Leanpub Podcast

General Interest Interviews With Book Authors, Hosted By Leanpub Co-Founder Len Epp

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Fabian Geyrhalter, Author of Bigger Than This: How to Turn Any Venture Into an Admired Brand.

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 Amazo...

Ian Miell, Author of Learn Bash the Hard Way: Master Bash Using The Only Method That Works

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 ...

Nate Hoffelder, The Digital Reader

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 physica...

Benjamin Kelly, Author of Standout: A career guide to gainful employment as a skilled software tester

Benjamin Kelly is the author of the Leanpub book Standout: A career guide to gainful employment as a skilled software tester. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Ben about his background, his martial arts training and competing in kendo, software testing, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

Th...

Jim Holmes, Author of The Leadership Journey: Practical tips on starting or changing your leadership journey

Jim Holmes is the author of the Leanpub book The Leadership Journey: Practical tips on starting or changing your leadership journey. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jim about his background, Air Force boot camp and his experience in the military, his varied career in IT, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about Jim's experience as a self-publishe...

Dan Holloway, Writer, Performer, and Columnist at the Self Publishing Advice Center

Based in Oxford, Dan Holloway is a writer, performer, and mental health campaigner who, amongst his many other activities, writes a weekly self-publishing column at selfpublishingadvice.org.

In this interview, Dan discusses his education and career, his involvement in mind sports, the impact of AI and potential changes to net neutrality on publishers and authors, and other important issues facing writers and the boo...

Tony Robinson, Author of Building Virtual Machine Labs: A Hands-On Guide

Tony Robinson is the author of the Leanpub book Building Virtual Machine Labs: A Hands-On Guide. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Tony about his background in IT and security, the nature his work as a security analyst, his book, why he uses Kirby as his avatar online, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview...

Kyle Simpson, Author of Functional-Light JavaScript: Balanced, Pragmatic FP in JavaScript

Kyle Simpson is the author of the Leanpub book Functional-Light JavaScript: Balanced, Pragmatic FP in JavaScript. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Kyle about his background, the difference between programming and software engineering, his book and his crowdfunding campaign, his interesting experience with abandoning a popular Twitter account and the subsequent withdrawal, a surpr...

Rich Rogers, Author of Changing Times: Quality for Humans in a Digital Age

Rich Rogers is the author of the Leanpub book Changing Times: Quality for Humans in a Digital Age. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Rich about his background, working on a merger from within a big organization, moving to Australia, software testing, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This intervie...

Brian Marick, Author of An Outsider's Guide to Statically Typed Functional Programming

Brian Marick is the author of the Leanpub book An Outsider's Guide to Statically Typed Functional Programming. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Brian about his background, the origns of both Agile and Waterfall programming practices, his book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.

This interview was recorded on June 2...

Mark Pearl, Author of Getting Started with Mob Programming: A Practical, Pragmatic & Opinionated Guide for Co-Located Teams

Mark Pearl is the author of the Leanpub book Getting Started with Mob Programming: A Practical, Pragmatic & Opinionated Guide for Co-Located Teams. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mark about his background, Mob Programming, John Oliver's interest in New Zealand politics, the challenges of rugby squad allegiance when you're ane expat, his bo...

Nick Hodges, Author of Dependency Injection In Delphi

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Nick about his career, which includes an education in classical language and work as a naval intelligence officer, his work on the Delphi software development kit, his books, and at the end he talks a little bit about his experience as a self-published author.