Scribd co-founders Jared Friedman (left) and Trip Adler (right) decided to pivot the business last year. “We realized the best way to monetize content was through a subscription model,” Adler says.

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Avid audiobook nerds tired of dealing with Audible’s nonsense or long library queues now have a new way to get a steady stream of the good stuff. Scribd just announced it will be reinstating an ...

Scribd has partnered with more than 10 comic book publishers, including Marvel, Archie, IDW, and Arcana. It’s the first ebook subscription service to lock down a comic book partnership of this size.

Subscription e-book startup Scribd is announcing a deal with famed travel publisher Lonely Planet. Scribd started out as a service where users could share different types of written content (writers ...

Scribd has launched its own audiobook service, which features 30,000 titles at no extra cost to subscribers of its digital book service. The launch comes a number of months after Amazon launched an ...

Scribd CEO Trip Adler explains, 'Our goal is simply to ensure everyone has access to their favorite books, authors, and quality content as we settle into our new normal for the next few weeks' MANILA, ...

Scribd is offering free access for 30 days, while local libraries continue to offer free ebooks and digital resources If you’re already tired of bingeing your favorite TV shows on streaming services, ...

Scribd doesn't take kindly to being cribbed. In July, the San Francisco company woke up to find that Amazon.com had imitated one of its core services, introducing an all-you-can-read book subscription ...