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Scribd /skrbd/ is a digital library and e-book and made digital editions of 5,000 titles available for purchase
audiobook subscription service that includes one million on Scribd, including books from bestselling authors like
titles.[2][3][4][5] In addition, Scribd hosts 60 million docu- Stephen King, Dan Brown, and Mary Higgins Clark.[22]
ments on its open publishing platform.[6] In October 2009, Scribd launched its branded reader for
Founded in 2007 by Trip Adler, Jared Friedman, and media companies including The New York Times, Los
Tikhon Bernstam, and headquartered in San Fran- Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Hungton Post,
cisco, California, the company is backed by Khosla TechCrunch, and MediaBistro.[23] ProQuest began pub-
Ventures, Y Combinator, Charles River Ventures, and lishing dissertations and theses on Scribd in Decem-
Redpoint Ventures.[7] Scribds e-book subscription ser- ber 2009.[24] In August 2010, many notable documents
vice is available on Android and iOS smartphones and hosted on Scribd began to go viral, including the Cali-
tablets, as well as the Kindle Fire, Nook, and per- fornia Proposition 8 ruling, which received over 100,000
sonal computers. Subscribers can access three books a views in about 24 minutes, and HPs lawsuit against Mark
month[8] from 1,000 publishers, including Bloomsbury, Hurds move to Oracle.[25] [26]
Harlequin, HarperCollins, Houghton Miin Harcourt,
Lonely Planet, Macmillan, Perseus Book Group, Simon
& Schuster, Wiley, and Workman.[9][10] 1.2 Subscription service (2013present)
Scribd has 80 million users, and has been referred to as
the Netix for books.[11][12][13]
1 History
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2 4 TECHNOLOGY
Since 2010, Scribd has been available on mobile phones removed when the news was published by The New York
and e-readers, in addition to personal computers. As of Times.[79][80][81]
December 2013, Scribd is available through the various In July 2010, GigaOM reported that the script of The So-
app stores on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, cial Network (2010) movie was uploaded and leaked on
as well as the Kindle Fire and Nook tablets. Scribd; it was promptly taken down per Sonys DMCA
request.[82]
Following a decision of the Istanbul 12th Criminal Court
5 Reception of Peace, dated 8 March 2013, access to Scribd is blocked
for Internet users in Turkey.[83]
Scribd has been praised by several newspapers and mag-
azines, including The New York Times, Fast Company,
Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal.[64] The company has 5.3 BookID
been dubbed the Netix for e-books[27] by Wired, and is
a known pioneer of the all-you-can-read model for e- To counteract the uploading of unauthorized content,
books.[65] Its founders, Trip Adler and Jared Friedman, Scribd created BookID, an automated copyright protec-
have been named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and Inc. 35 Un- tion system that helps authors and publishers identify
der 35.[66][67] unauthorized use of their works on Scribd. [84] This pro-
In April 2015, Los Angeles favorably reviewed Scribds prietary technology works by analyzing documents for se-
subscription service by saying, Subscribing to Scribd is mantic data, meta data, images, and other elements and
sort of like shopping at Trader Joes: you may not nd creates an encoded ngerprint of the copyrighted work.
[85]
every product you want, but it sure as %%%% is conve- BookID is available for free for authors and publishers
nient, inexpensive, and downright delectable. [68] Scribd whether or not they choose to make their content available
has grown to more than 100 million users in 75 countries through the Scribd platform. [86]
who use the site on a monthly basis.[69] As of June 2015,
the Scribd app has been downloaded 5.7 million times on
Android and 3.3 million times on iOS.[70] 6 Supported le formats
Notable users of Scribd include Virginia senator Mark [87]
Warner,[71] former California gubernatorial candidate Supported formats include:
Meg Whitman, New York Times DealBook reporter
Andrew Ross Sorkin, All Things D Reporter Kara Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
Swisher, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), Red Cross, UNICEF, World Economic Forum, Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, The Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx)
World Bank, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett-Packard,
Samsung and the Hasmonean High School Living Torah. OpenDocument (.odt, .odp, .ods, .odf, .odg)
Wayback Machine
In March 2009, the passwords of several Comcast cus-
tomers were leaked on Scribd. The passwords were later Webcite
4 8 REFERENCES
8 References [23] From The Desk Of Your News Outlet And Scribd.
Reuters. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
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diobook Catalog in Deal With Penguin Random House.
Most Viral Doc Ever. Gigaom.
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Wall Street Journal. ing Mark Hurd For Potential Leakage Of Trade Secrets
To Oracle. Techcrunch.
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'Netix for Books". Wired. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
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Verge. zon and Apple with 'Netix for Books". Wired.
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Times.
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A Blowout Year, And So Did the Web Document.
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Techcrunch.
Verge.
[19] Scribd had a blowout year and so did the web document.
[38] Cade Metz (November 6, 2014). Scribd Rolls Out the
[20] Brad Stone (17 May 2009). Site Lets Writers Sell Digital Internets First All-You-Can-Listen Audiobooks Service.
Copies. The New York Times. Retrieved 11 October Wired.
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[39] Mic Wright (April 16, 2015). Scribd adds 9,000 Pen-
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Digital Books on Scribd.com. The New York Times. The New York Times.
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for Comics". Wired.
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[42] Seth Fiegerman (February 10, 2015). Scribd gains the You-Can Read Digital Buet. Entrepreneur.com. Re-
superpower of an unlimited comic book subscription. trieved 2013-12-31.
Mashable.
[66] Je Bercovici, Emily Inverso. 30 Under 30. Forbes.
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the comics you can read, for $9 per month. CNet. [67] Jill Krasny. Scribd: The Library of the Future?". Inc.
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Application. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-10. down: Which Digital Library Service is Right for You?".
LA Mag.
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digital world. SF Gate.
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Network For Reading"". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2010- rejects claims of copyright infringement. The Guardian.
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Launch $8.99 Subscription Book Service. Fast Com- Jammie Thomas Lawyers?". TechDirt. 2009-09-21. Re-
pany. Retrieved 2013-12-30. trieved 2009-09-21.
[50] Scribd Banks $3.5 Million from Redpoint. [74] Greg Sandoval (September 19, 2009). Jammie Thomas
lawyers le suit against Scribd. Retrieved October 11,
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publishing. le suit against Scribd. CNET News.com. Retrieved
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Million To Support Mobile Moves, Product Expansion. TechDirt. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
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6 9 EXTERNAL LINKS
9 External links
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