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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Scribd Engagement More than Doubles with HTML5,Company Transitions Tens of Millions of Documents IntoBillions of Web Pages
Forbes Media, Liquid Comics, Workman Publishing and Publishers Weekly 
 
 Among New Content Partners to EmbraceHTML5, New Revenue Opportunities
SAN FRANCISCO – May 25, 2010 – 
Scribd, the world's largest social publishing andreading site, today announced the full-scale launch and availability of its free and DRM-free library of written content -- including tens of millions of books, magazines,newspapers, presentations, research and more -- from Flash to HTML5, the popular newweb development language. The move allows people to consume any written work with just a web browser, providing a vastly superior reading experience on any device. It also presents new revenue opportunities for publishers.To commemorate the milestone and as part of a longer-term content partnership, 
will make available its "Vintage Warren: The Best of Forbes on Buffett" specialissue free to Scribd readers first; 
,with titles from Guy Ritchie andDeepak Chopra, among others, will offer hundreds of graphic novels and comics onScribd;
will offer the complete job hunter's bible "Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview" and other full-length titles; and 
willshare special issues and reports, starting immediately with its PW Show DailyatBookExpo America(BEA). The brands join tens of thousands of other publishers,media companies, corporations and organizations that are already sharing free and for- purchase content on the site."Publishers benefit from HTML5 tremendously," said Jared Friedman, co-founder andCTO of Scribd. "The distribution of their content across the social web and mobile platforms becomes virtually automatic -- no technology barriers between them and their readers, no need to build native mobile apps, an ability to easily insert multi-media or advertising into their content. The possibilities are endless.""Our mission has always been to ensure that the Forbes brand of journalism is availableto all readers across all platforms," said Bruce Upbin, managing editor, Forbes Media."Scribd's adoption of HTML5 gives us a great new way to reach more people on the Weband mobile devices."
 
Turning Any Document Into a Magazine
During the TechCrunchDisruptconference in New York City today, Friedmandemonstrated what in-line, branded advertising could look like rendered in HTML5.Scribd plans to launch an ad revenue-sharing program for select content partners thissummer."The future of comic books is digital and partners like Scribd enable us to potentiallyreach millions of new readers," said Sharad Devarajan, CEO and co-founder of LiquidComics (formerly known as Virgin Comics), whose graphic novels on Scribd will includeGuy Richie'sGameKeeper and Deepak Chopra'sBeyond. "That's why we're giving a number of our comics away for free. Not only does HTML5 on Scribd make the bookslook amazing, it also allows us to insert innovative video ads between pages. We're veryexcited about the partnership.""We're happy provide special issues of Publishers Weekly and other content for Scribdreaders," said George W. Slowik, Jr., president of PWxyz, LLC. "We anticipate thatScribd's efficient delivery system and enormous audience will deliver a much greater impact for our publishing clients."
About Scribd in HTML5
Any MS Office, Google Doc, PDF, ePub or nearly any other document format uploadedto Scribd is now converted into an HTML5 web document and displayed in its originallayout, making it enjoyable and easy to read on any PC, laptop, netbook, e-reader or smartphone. Fonts, graphics, typography and rich media render on any device the way the publisher originally intended.Scribd plans to transition the rest of its library -- including millions of embedded, DRM-enabled and for-purchase documents -- to HTML5 over the next few weeks andmonths. For more information about Scribd and HTML5, please visitwww.scribd.com/html5. Information about the new Scribd partner package will beavailable soon.
About Scribd
Scribd is the largest social publishing and reading site in the world with more than 50 million readerseach month. We've made it incredibly simple for anyone to share and discover informative, entertainingand original written content on the web and mobile devices. Our vision is to liberate the written word,to connect people and organizations with the information and ideas that matter most to them. Our innovative HTML5 document reader technology has lowered the barriers to publishing by enabling anyoneto easily upload and share their work in any file format, including MS Office, Google Doc, PDF andEPUB. Scribd is a venture-backed company based in San Francisco. For more information, please visithttp://www.scribd.com.

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