Harvard University Press to Sell Nearly 1,000 Digital Books on Scribd

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By Paul Biba

It looks as if Scribd is becoming the new ebook repository. From a press release:

Scribd, the world’s largest social publishing company, today announced that it has signed a deal with Harvard University Press (HUP) to sell nearly 1,000 digital books through the Scribd Store, a recently launched e-commerce marketplace for written works. HUP joins other university presses such as New York University Press and MIT Press that are already offering free previews of books and reports to Scribd’s readership of millions. The Harvard announcement comes a month after the company announced a similar deal with publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster.

“Scribd’s goal is to collect all the world’s written information — whether for free or for purchase — in one place and then make those works available to as many people as possible,” said Trip Adler, CEO and co-founder of Scribd and a Harvard alum. “Harvard University Press has brought to light some of the world’s most thought-provoking ideas in the form of printed books. We’re thrilled to bring this amazing content to a much larger potential community of information seekers.”

Thanks to Michael von Glahn for the heads up.

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