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SCRIBD SIGNS GLOBAL DEAL WITH SMASHWORDS TO OFFER READERS 225,000 BOOKS BY INDEPENDENT AUTHORS

Scribd’s 80+ Million User Base to Help

Smashwords Authors Reach New Audiences 

 

SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2013

—

Scribd, an e-book subscription service featuring 100,000+ titles including thousands of bestsellers and new releases, today announced it has signed a deal with Smashwords

, the world’s largest distributor of

independent e-books, to make available Smashwords titles on Scribd. Smashwords brings Scribd a catalog of over 225,000 e-books from 70,000 authors and publishers. There are two components to the agreement with Smashwords. Smashwords will supply books to

Scribd’s new e

-book subscription service, where for $8.99 per month subscribers can enjoy unlimited reading. Additionally, Smashwords e-books will also be available for individual sale to Scribd customers. The partnership offers Smashwords authors the ability to distribute their books across

Scribd’s

services on the iPhone, iPad, Android mobile devices, and web browsers. As part of the deal, Scribd will help Smashwords authors by providing e-book marketing tools such as proprietary author data and merchandising

to Scribd’s

audience of 80+ million users from around the world.

“

 

Since we started the company, Scribd's mission has always been about creating an ecosystem to democratize content, and bring together a community of writers and readers

,”

said Trip Adler, CEO and co-founder of Scribd.

“

Smashwords authors include everything from

New York Times

bestsellers to up-and-coming writers across a diverse range of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. I know our readers will be excited to have access to these works as part of our

subscription service.”

 As part of its commitment to Smashwords, Scribd is offering the following special marketing initiatives and tools to help Smashwords authors that will drive significant value to indie authors: