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Think of Scribd (pronounced “skribbed”) as the largest book club on the planet -- except that anyone can join the conversation on any topic imaginable : vampire fan fiction, European travel, the latest research in neuroscience, even crossword puzzles.
Scribd
We reported on the launch of Scribd , the “YouTube For Documents” a little over two weeks ago.
It's Still Very Early, But Scribd Looks Like A Winner
Scribd , dubbed the “YouTube for Documents,” was the dark horse of their Y Combinator class, but the social document site now gives its critics pause to think.
Scribd Banks $3.5 Million from Redpoint
Scribd raises $3.7M, amid lots of interest | VentureBeat
San-Francisco-based Scribd , the so-called “YouTube for documents,” has attracted a lot of attention — including plenty of suitors from Silicon Valley’s venture capital firms. So it comes as no surprise that, shortly after launch, it has raised $3.7 million from Redpoint and original seed investor Kinsey Hills Group. Co-founder Trip Alder wouldn’t disclose precise valuation the investors placed on Scribd, but did say the rumored $17.5 million post-money valuation is just about right.Scribd’s iPaper Plan
Scribd , the San Francisco-based startup that was dubbed the “YouTube of Documents,” has finally become worthy of that sobriquet. While I don’t care much about community around documents, I love the concept of the dead simple sharing of documents.
Social publishing firm Scribd is announcing today that it has raised $9 million in a second round of funding and has hired George Consagra, former chief operating officer of Bebo, as its president.
Scribd raises $9 million, hires new president for social publishing | VentureBeat
As social networking sites like Twitter and GoodReads have grown over the last year, the social networking and document website, Scribd.com has grown to 50 million readers with 50,000 new writings uploaded every day. Since the site launched in March 2007, publishers Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Berrett-Koehler and Manning have all partnered with the company.
Scribd Counts 50 Million Readers - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat
Media - Scribd launches online book market
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Book publisher Simon & Schuster will offer 5,000 of its titles for sale digitally via document-sharing site Scribd.com , opening a fresh chapter in Amazon's epic struggle to dominate the e-book market with its Kindle e-reader. Best-selling Simon & Schuster editions from scribes like Dan Brown, Steven King, and Mary Higgins Clark will sell on Scribd's site, while thousands of other titles will be searchable in Scribd's database, from which users can sample 10% of those books' content and click through to purchase print editions.
Simon & Schuster Pens Deal With Scribd to Sell Digital Titles, Should Amazon Be Scared? | Fast Company
Scribd Goes Social, Adds News Feeds and Followers
Scribd has quietly become one of the world’s most popular websites. The service lets you share documents, presentations, and PDFs online; its embedding feature alone has revolutionized how documents are used and shared. Still, many pieces of Scribd have been a silo; many users search for a document (often finding it via Google), download it, and leave.
When Kemble Scott walks into the Booksmith on Haight Street tonight, opens up a copy of his new novel The Sower , and starts to read to the collected audience, he will be committing an act of radical revolution.
City Brights: Frances Dinkelspiel : Watch out publishing industry, there's a radical revolution on your heels
Scribd Releases Co-Branded Reader For Media Sites With An Eye Towards Ad Sales | paidContent
Scribd is giving certain news sites that use its document sharing service to embed legal filings and PDFs the chance to stick their own logos on the company’s reader.Fertile Ground for Startups - BusinessWeek
Who needs job security?A sort of YouTube for publishing, Scribd lets 40 million users upload digital versions of reports and other printed matter and share them easily across the Web.