Scribd — the most unpronounceable branding since gdgt.com — wants to encrypt your eBook and sell it for you — and for that favor they’ll take a 20% consignment fee for their role in the life of your book.
Here’s the detail from Scribd’s website:
We don’t know if Scribd will be a marketplace magnet for authors seeking protected publication of their content, but competition for mindshare is always a good thing — but with Scribd around, Amazon’s eBook publishing mandate might be held at bay a bit — and when you have more than one company wanting to sell your books, authors win big for the freedom of their readers.
I should try writing a book for scribd (I pronounce it Scribbed) and see how it goes.
Gordon! Is “Scribbed” a word? Are you pronouncing it with a long or a short “i” sound?
I’m pronouncing it like ribbed, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a word.
Gosh, Gordon, I think that’s a problem when it comes to branding a new service and a website: People should know how to pronounce your company! SMILE!
Is the 20% consignment fee a better deal through Scribd than through Amazon?
I agree! Scribd is definitely an odd name to give a company. How is Scribd pronounced exactly?
I have no idea how it is pronounced, Kimberley and that’s a big problem! I think Scribd is a better deal than Amazon right now just because they publish in .PDF format and you can read it on any device you have. Amazon is currently limited to the Kindle.