Scribd
Home to the world's documents. Specialized knowledge on any topic.
Scribd is a large-scale document sharing and discovery platform hosting over 300 million user-uploaded documents spanning academic, professional, legal, and hobbyist topics. Users can read and upload documents for free, while a paid subscription unlocks ad-free browsing, offline downloads, and access to Slideshare presentations. The platform also includes an automated copyright protection system called BookID to detect and remove infringing content.
Users upload and browse a library of 300M+ community-contributed documents, with free read/upload access and a paid subscription tier for downloads and an ad-free experience
General users seeking specialized documents, researchers, students, and professionals
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- Scribd, Inc.
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