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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Scribd Goes Mobile, Simplifies Reading-On-The-Go


"Send to Device" Feature and Scribd Open Content Platform Give Consumers
One-Click Access to Millions of Unique Written Works on Billions of Devices

SAN FRANCISCO – February 24, 2010 – Scribd, the largest social publishing company
in the world, today launched two major new products designed to simplify mobile reading.
The send-to-device reading feature is now live on over 10 million Scribd documents,
enabling consumers to send reading material to their e-reader or smartphone of choice,
including the Kindle , nook , iPhone and Android -powered phones. Scribd is also
making public a series of APIs -- the Scribd Open content Platform for E-Readers and
mobile Devices (SOPED) -- which gives device companies the ability to more deeply
integrate Scribd's search, social and other functionality into their devices. Companies that
have already signed on for SOPED include Interead and Onyx International.

Mobile Reading Marketplace


"Scribd is in a perfect position to become the hub for mobile reading, the place where
content creators come to easily publish their works and build a readership and where
consumers come to find what they want to read on whatever device they want," said Trip
Adler, Scribd CEO and co-founder. "Today’s launch of our send-to-device feature and
mobile API represents a major step forward in our strategy to provide open access to
Scribd content. We look forward to giving consumers even more mobile reading options
in the coming weeks and months."

The send-to-device feature enables consumers to send millions of free and for-purchase,
DRM-free Scribd documents, including books and chapters from major publishers like
O'Reilly Media and Lonely Planet, to well-known e-readers such as Amazon's Kindle, the
Sony Reader and Barnes and Noble's nook as well as newer entrants in the e-reader
market such as the Entourage eDGE, Interead COOL-ER reader, Onyx International
Boox, IREX Digital Reader, ETACO jetBook, Astek EZ Reader and Foxit eSlick Reader.
Scribd’s new send-to-device feature will also work on billions of mobile phones,
including Android, iPhone, Blackberry , Palm , and Windows Mobile -powered
smartphones.

“The more content we can provide our customers the more useful our e-readers will
become,” said David Donovan, vice president business development at IREX, which sells
its e-readers at Best Buy and includes Verizon wireless service. “With Scribd, our users
get no-hassle access to an amazing library of entertaining and informative content -- from
research to recipes -- they can use everyday.”
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The Future of Mobile Reading

Starting in March, Scribd will start rolling out a series of mobile applications for the
Android and iPhone operating systems, among others. Another important element in the
Scribd mobile strategy, these applications will provide Scribd users with a richer search,
browsing and social experience directly from select devices that support third-party apps.
To help ensure the best possible mobile reading experience, Scribd also plans to make
PDF documents available in the EPUB format. EPUB is the open standard for publishing
e-books, magazines, newspapers and other content and is designed to optimize text
display for mobile devices.

“Reading applications on smartphones are an important component of publishers’ digital


strategy,” said Allen Weiner, research vice president at Gartner. “Now is a perfect time
for publishers to establish relationships with companies that can assist in a rapid
deployment of written content.”

Click here to view or embed the Scribd Mobile Ecosystem diagram. Click here to view or
embed screenshots displaying the send-to-device feature.

About Scribd, Inc.


Scribd is the largest social publishing company in the world with more than 50 million
readers each month. Scribd is changing the way people discover, share and sell original
writings and documents on the web and mobile devices. Our innovative document reader
technology has lowered the barriers to publishing by enabling anyone to easily upload
and share their work in virtually any file format. Scribd is a venture-backed company
based in San Francisco. For more information, please visit http://www.scribd.com/about.

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