Our Vision
Inspire the world through stories and knowledge.
Scribd gives you access to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and more — all in one place, for one price.
Inspire the world through stories and knowledge.
Build the largest and most accessible library connecting storytellers with their audience
We put our customers first. We passionately strive to understand and serve their unique needs, create delight, reduce complexity and build trust.
We are true to ourselves. We act with authenticity and transparency. We are open minded and seek diverse perspectives without exception.
We challenge the status quo, welcome big ideas and push boundaries. By taking calculated risks, we build resilience and confidence.
We are all in. We are intensely enthusiastic about the future of Scribd and make decisions with the best interest of the company in mind.
We value all ideas and encourage respectful debate to bring varying perspectives to the table. Once a decision is made, we fully commit.
We navigate the unexpected with data and intuition. We learn by doing and grow from our mistakes.
We bias toward action. We move fast and aim for progress over perfection, focusing on finding clarity over certainty. We trust our gut and get to it.
We invest in the future by delivering results now. We balance future potential and present realities with discipline and optimism.
We launched as a simple way to publish any kind of written content on the web. Now, Scribd is keeping reading alive in the 21st century.
Scribd launches the world’s first open publishing platform, allowing anyone to quickly and easily share ideas with the world.
Scribd introduces the first reading subscription service, providing readers with monthly access to books — all for one flat fee.
Scribd incorporates audiobooks into its reading subscription service and becomes the most robust and valuable subscription service for readers.
Sheet music becomes a part of Scribd’s subscription, giving users unprecedented digital access to compositions from the world’s top composers.
Scribd adds magazines from leading publishers to its subscription.
Scribd brings articles from trusted sources like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and more to its subscription.
Scribd surpasses the 1,000,000 subscriber milestone.
Scribd launches Scribd Originals, an original content publishing house that brings exclusive content to our subscribers.
Scribd introduces a localized reading experience in Mexico with more than 60,000 Spanish-language titles at launch.
In response to the spread of COVID-19, Scribd offers free access to its library to help consumers through that time of uncertainty.
Scribd launches second self-produced imprint, Scribd Audio, focused on original audiobook releases.
Scribd reaches the 1,500,000 subscriber milestone.
Scribd expands its Executive Leadership team with the creation of Chief People Officer, Chief Product Officer, and Chief Technology Officer roles.
Scribd further expands its Executive Leadership team with the appointment of its first Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel role.
Trip (Co-Founder and CEO): Scribd’s vision is to change that the way the world reads. We launched Scribd as a simple way to publish any kind of written content on the web. The initial idea was inspired by my dad having a medical paper. He’s a doctor and he had a medical paper he wanted to publish, so we decided to build Scribd to help him publish his paper mor easily; because it used to take eighteen months to publish a medical paper. We started with user-contributed content and then we partnered with all the big publishers to add e-Books, and then we added audiobooks, and then we added magazines, newspapers. We even have sheet music in service. One thing I’m proud of is we’re really providing a great, new business model and distribution model for publishers and authors. Reading has been one of the most important forms of communication for thousands of years, really. It’s a really important way that people communicate deep, important thoughts and the way people learn and use their minds. In this current social media era, everyone is looking at really short-form content, and video and snaps and all that, and I think it’s more important than ever that reading stays alive. Hopefully, Scribd is keeping reading alive in the twenty-first century.
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