I didn't consider and test KDP, so I can't say anything.
As for Leanpub:
1. Last time I checked, they didn't let me take the customer emails and use outside of Leanpub. I find it a very important limitation to the way I do the marketing - via my mailing list. In practice, my readers are more Leanpub customers, not mine. I want to build long-term relationship with my readers, to deliver more value to them, even after they bought my book.
To be fair - Leanpub has their own tool for sending emails, I haven't tried that. I'm happy enough with MailChimp, not to see reasons to switch.
2. From the tools I researched, Leanpub is the best when it comes to PDF/mobi/epub generation. It takes a while to learn their process but it was worth it.
3. I'm really grateful that Leanpub allows the process I'm doing - generate the files using their tools, but selling on another site.
Overall, the tools you're choosing should fit your whole process of researching, writing, marketing, selling.
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I didn't consider and test KDP, so I can't say anything.
As for Leanpub:
1. Last time I checked, they didn't let me take the customer emails and use outside of Leanpub. I find it a very important limitation to the way I do the marketing - via my mailing list. In practice, my readers are more Leanpub customers, not mine. I want to build long-term relationship with my readers, to deliver more value to them, even after they bought my book. To be fair - Leanpub has their own tool for sending emails, I haven't tried that. I'm happy enough with MailChimp, not to see reasons to switch.
2. From the tools I researched, Leanpub is the best when it comes to PDF/mobi/epub generation. It takes a while to learn their process but it was worth it.
3. I'm really grateful that Leanpub allows the process I'm doing - generate the files using their tools, but selling on another site.
Overall, the tools you're choosing should fit your whole process of researching, writing, marketing, selling.