Scribd
By Andrew Roberts
Overview
Scribd Inc. is an American e-book
and audiobook subscription
service that includes one million
titles.
Scribd also hosts 60 million
documents on its open publishing
platform.
Along with the previous mentioned
services they also now offer
podcasts and magazines.
Purpose/Target
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Can be used by any age
demographic but they have a
very diverse and fairly large YA
section that caters to teens.
They also offer magazines of all
variety that would appeal to
younger readers who enjoy
topics like video games, sports,
fashion, career & growth among
other things.
They also offer podcasts of all
different variety.
This is also a good resource for
articles, study aids, textbooks,
and reference materials.
Accessibility
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Scribd has no age
restrictions
The Web address is:
https://www.scribd.com
To access Scribd you do
need an email address to
login into. The site cannot
be navigated without first
logging in.
Scribd is available on all
platforms including ipads
and phones for free.
Cost
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To use Scribd there is a monthly
fee as it is a subscription based
service.
The fee is currently $11.99
which is a increase from the
previous price of $8.99.
Compared to some other services
it’s still decently priced. For
example, Audible which is just a
audiobook service is $7.99 but
$16 for the full service.
Scribd offers a 30 day free trial
at the beginning and to be honest
as long as you have an email
address you can just open new
accounts without paying.
Additional Information of
Interest to Audience…
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A centralized service that offers the
features of several other apps and
services
The site is pretty easy to use. The
search feature on the site is a great
tool for finding any particular topic
you’d like.
They update the site regularly so
you’re getting updated material.
That means newly released books,
magazines, comics etc.
I have personally found some
obscure articles through Scribd
along with the occasional textbook
for one of my classes.
You can print and download certain
material to keep. You can even do
this during your trial period.