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Scribd Launches Document Reader For Media Sites

Social publishing company Scribd has launched a free version of its document reader for select media companies and blogs. Companies involved in the initial launch include The New York Times, Los Angles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post and Mediabistro. The new Scribd reader includes a Scribd watermark and allows media companies to embed source materials such as court filings and memos in articles. Scribd says its reader will increase people's time on a site and extend brands across the Internet. More than five million Scribd readers have been embedded online.

Internet Gives Boost to Vanity Publishing

For decades the cost of publishing on dead trees gave the publishing industry significant leverage over hopeful writers. But the Internet, specifically sites like Lulu and Scribd, are about to change all that.