I just edited my comment to make it clearer. I wanted to convey why not use gumroad as well, not instead of leanpub. Sorry for the confusion.
Personally I use pandoc [0] to generate pdf/epub from GitHub style markdown. I use both leanpub and gumroad, with leanpub giving me paying customers more than double the share of gumroad.
>books are completely zero-maintenance
That depends on the type of the book I suppose. I just spent about 4 months to update all my books recently - and I expect to update them again to add new content, changes due to new software version, feedback from readers, etc.
And I agree, for success you need a good book. I'll add that it will depend upon how many users would need the material, able to reach said users in the first place, etc.
Personally I use pandoc [0] to generate pdf/epub from GitHub style markdown. I use both leanpub and gumroad, with leanpub giving me paying customers more than double the share of gumroad.
>books are completely zero-maintenance
That depends on the type of the book I suppose. I just spent about 4 months to update all my books recently - and I expect to update them again to add new content, changes due to new software version, feedback from readers, etc.
And I agree, for success you need a good book. I'll add that it will depend upon how many users would need the material, able to reach said users in the first place, etc.
[0] https://learnbyexample.github.io/tutorial/ebook-generation/c...