BP3_Scribd

Scribd is a Web 2.0 tool which is as they state “the largest website for social publishing and reading” (Scribd. p. 2) By utilizing Scribd one can share their own documents across the globe in virtually any format including: Google docs; Word docs; .pdf files; etc. without changing their original fonts or formatting as does some other open-source applications. Scribd made note that they categorize all of their documents through search engines such as: Google; Bing; and Yahoo to mention a few (p. 11).

Scribd is not only a way to get published on the web, it is a very large online library for everything text from newspapers to books and magazines to research; presentations and more (Scribd. May 25, 2010).

Then there’s the social element of Scribd. With the “Readcast” tool one can notify all one’s FaceBook and Twitter followers of the latest book one’s reading or writing for that matter. Scribd includes widgets to attach this feed to the social networking site, with a mere click and play.

In the 21^st century it seems one no longer has to ask: ’what have you read lately?’ Scribd makes that sentence obsolete; one can know exactly what page your friend is on and download the document/book/magazine/etc. to oneself and read it right along with your friend who is halfway around the world.

Scribd can be found at http://www.scribd.com/

References

Scribd. “Scribd 101:What is Scribd?”. Retrieved July 1, 2010 from

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31559839/Scribd-101-What-is-Scribd

Scribd. “Scribd Engagement More than Doubles with HTML5,
 Company Transitions

Tens of Millions of Documents Into
 Billions of Web Pages”. Retrieved July 1, 2010

from http://www.scribd.com/doc/31960411/Scribd-Engagement-More-than-

Doubles-with-HTML5-Company-Signs-Content-Partners-to-New-Revenue-

Opportunities. May 25, 2010.

“The Readcasting Widget”. Sharing Your Reading Activity. Scribd. Retrieved July 1,

2010 from http://support.scribd.com/entries/143884-sharing-your-documents-

activities-and-more#widget