Frontmatter: The Leanpub Author Stories Podcast

In this podcast Leanpub cofounder Len Epp interviews Thomas Davis, a full stack developer based in Brisbane, Australia, and author of Backbone Tutorials: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Thomas is currently the CTO of FPV Racing, a new sport that combines hi-tech drones with high speed racing. He has led and been involved in many projects over the years, and he has a particular interest in building and organizing large open source groups. Thomas has helped millions of website visitors learn Backbone.js through his popular tutorials, and he's the author of the Leanpub book Backbone Tutorials, which has reached over 27,000 readers on Leanpub. In the interview, we're going to talk about Thomas' professional interests, his books, his experience using Leanpub, and ways we can improve Leanpub for him and for other authors.

Brian Caffo is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. In this interview he talks with Leanpub cofounder Len Epp about how he first became interested in biostatistics, why it's such an important and growing field, and about his research interests and initiatives.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Paul M. Jones, an internationally recognized PHP expert who has worked for organizations in many different sectors, including medical, non-profit, educational and military organizations. Paul is the author of Modernizing Legacy Applications In PHP.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Jeff Leek, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and author ofThe Elements of Data Analytic Style.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Ryan Bigg, a Melbourne, Australia based software developer, writer and blogger, and author of Multitenancy with Rails.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews W. Jason Gilmore, a Columbus, Ohio-based software developer, writer and consultant, and author Easy Laravel 5 and three other Leanpub books. In the interview, Jason discusses his career, his book, and his experiences using Leanpub.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Roger Peng, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and author of the Leanpub book R Programming for Data Science. In the interview, Roger discusses his career, his book, and his experiences using Leanpub.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby and now of Wood Egg, a company which is using Leanpub to publish comprehensive guides move to and starting a business in 16 countries in Asia. In the interview, Derek discusses his career, his reasons for starting Wood Egg, and his experiences using Leanpub.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Matthias Noback, author of the Leanpub book A Year With Symfony: Writing Healthy, Reusable Symfony2 Code, discussing Symfony, Matthias's book, and his experiences using Leanpub.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Taylor Otwell, creator of the Laravel PHP framework and author of the Leanpub book Laravel: From Apprentice to Artisan, discussing Laravel, Taylor's book, and his experiences using Leanpub.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Luc Beaudoin, the author of Cognitive Productivity: The Art and Science of Using Knowledge to Become Profoundly Effective, discussing his research interests and his book, and his experiences using Leanpub.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Paul Bradshaw, the author of Scraping for Journalists and 8000 Holes: How the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Lost its Way, discussing his work and teaching on data journalism, his books, and his experiences with Leanpub.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews Chris Hartjes, the author of The Grumpy Programmer's Guide To Building Testable PHP Applications and The Grumpy Programmer's PHPUnit Cookbook, discussing his books, his career, and his experiences with Leanpub.

In this podcast Len Epp interviews John Hunter, the author of Management Matters, discussing his management principles, the work of W. Edwards Deming, executive pay, and his experiences with Leanpub.

In this podcast Peter interviews Caitlin McDonald, the author of Global Moves, discussing belly dance, Egypt, her writing and her experiences with Leanpub.

In this podcast Peter interviews Andrew Dubber, the author of Music in the Digital Age and two other Leanpub books, discussing his writing, lean publishing and his experiences with Leanpub.

In this podcast Peter interviews Amanda Taub, the editor of Beyond Kony2012, discussing her writing, Kony2012, lean publishing and her experiences with Leanpub.

In this podcast Peter interviews Manuel Kiessling, the author of The Node Beginner Book, discussing his writing, lean publishing and his experiences with Leanpub.

In this podcast Peter interviews Reg Raganwald Braithwaite, the author of four Leanpub books, discussing Hacker News, lean publishing and Leanpub.

In this podcast Peter interviews Johanna Rothman, the author of 'Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds', discussing what led her to write her book and why she chose Leanpub.