Scribd to sell 5,000 e-books from Simon & Schuster
Scribd, the site that lets users upload, share and embed documents, first launched its e-books store back in May as a potential competitor to Amazon. Now it has inched closer to its goal with a deal to sell 5,000 titles from major publishing house Simon… Continue Reading
Scribd raises $9 million, hires new president for social publishing
Social publishing firm Scribd is announcing today that it has raised $9 million in a second round of funding and has hired George Consagra, former chief operating officer of Bebo, as its president.
The San Francisco-based company lets people share and publish original writings on its… Continue Reading
Roundup: AirGoogle, Twitter, Hotswap, Hulu/Lulu and more
Here’s the morning roundup of the latest action:
Summary:
*AirGoogle at Moffet
*Twitter API has ten times traffic as Twitter.com
*House passes bill to overhaul nation’s patent system
*Hotswap, used car site, to launch, with $1M in funding
*Hulu sued by Lulu
*Google’s desktop software gets respect; GapGemini recommends it to corporate… Continue Reading
Scribd raises $3.7M, amid lots of interest
San-Francisco-based Scribd, the so-called “YouTube for documents,” has attracted a lot of attention — including plenty of suitors from Silicon Valley’s venture capital firms.
So it comes as no surprise that, shortly after launch, it has raised $3.7 million from Redpoint and original seed investor Kinsey… Continue Reading