Frontmatter: The Leanpub Author Stories Podcast

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In the Frontmatter podcast, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp interviews authors about their areas of expertise, from data science to founding startups, and talks with them about their careers, their books, and their experiences self-publishing on Leanpub.

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