title: Self-Publishing Ebooks: The Absolute Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide
author:  Stephanie Zia 
description: Stephanie Zia is a novelist, journalist and editor. Owner of Blackbird Digital Books, she has written for a variety of newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Woman's Own and Which? She lives in London.
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  ![Effective Kotlin](resources/title_page.png)
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Effective Kotlin
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Best practices
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Marcin Moskala
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is for sale at <http://leanpub.com/effectivekotlin>
  
  
  This version was published on 2021-02-18
  
  
  ![publisher's logo](resources/leanpub-logo.png)
  
  
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  This is a [Leanpub](http://leanpub.com) book. Leanpub empowers authors and
  publishers with the Lean Publishing process. [Lean
  Publishing](http://leanpub.com/manifesto) is the act of publishing an in-
  progress ebook using lightweight tools and many iterations to get reader
  feedback, pivot until you have the right book and build traction once you do.
  
  
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  © 2018 - 2021 Marcin Moskala
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Introduction: Be pragmatic](chap00.xhtml#leanpub-auto-introduction-be-
  pragmatic)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Part 1: Good code](chap01.xhtml#leanpub-auto-part-1-good-code)
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Chapter 1: Safety](chap02.xhtml#leanpub-auto-chapter-1-safety)
  
  
  
  
  
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