How to download ebooks on Scribd

Trip Adler is the CEO and founder of Scribd. Scribd is a social media site for publishing academic papers. Adler graduated from Harvard University, majoring in biophysics. Together with Jared Friedman, he founded Scribd. The beginning of Scribd’s birth, was when his father had difficulty publishing medical papers, then Adler founded Scribd.

Scribd is known for its Youtube documents and has a myriad of documents of various formats and types. Users can read, download and upload content on Scribd, as well as embed documents to a blog, similar to embedding a Youtube video into a blog.

History of Scribd

From the beginning of Scribd’s journey until now, as follows:

2007, they launched an open publishing platform for users

2013, they introduced a reading subscription service

2014, they combined reading and audiobook subscription services

2015, they provided sheet music for users to subscribe to

2016, they added magazines from leading publishers to their subscriptions.

2017, they harvested The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times

2019, they had 1,000,000 subscribers and launched self-publishing, as well as original content.

Scribd can be accessed via the Scribd ID link, here is the main page view. There is a search box, language settings, upload documents, and read-free for new users. The navigation menu contains tabs for books, audiobooks, etc. That you can use.

Scribd Content

Scribd is a digital library containing various documents. Documents can be ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, musical papers, journals, and articles from various publishers, etc. In addition, Scribd also contains comics, magazines, presentations, recipes, and other source documents.

All document formats can be uploaded on Scribd including .pdf, .docx, .xls, .ppt, .txt, .rtf etc. On average Scribd generates 50.00 documents/day uploaded by users. They have over 50 million users. Examples of book categories on Scribd that you can use as search filters such as Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Self Improvement, Self Development, Home & Garden, Gardening, etc.

Utilization of Scribd

The content on Scribd can be used as a reference source for assignments, work, and reading to broaden your horizons. You can find reference sources according to your needs on Scribd. The most useful thing, Scribd can be used to share and expand the reach of your writing for the wider community to read. The use of Scribd is explained as follows:

Download documents on Scribd

a. Customer

To access Scribd content, users must comply with certain requirements, such as downloading, uploading files, and subscribing. Scribd subscription feature of 70,000/month can be done with Paypal, google play, and credit cards. Utilizing the subscription feature, users can access the entire content without uploading files, available in various languages including Indonesian.

You can access the site via the Scribd ID link. Please register an account by selecting the login method Facebook, Gmail, or fill out the form. Users who want to download content, are required to upload files. Every time you upload 1 file, you will have the opportunity to download 1 premium file. You can upload assignment files, or other works to replace your downloads later.

If you download files through the front door by logging in or subscribing, then you can also go through the back door. The way you can use third-party application sites, of course, this method is not recommended because it is considered gray. You just copy and paste the Scribd address the document is in (example: https://www.scribd.com/doc/000000000/document-name)Scribd in scribd downloader. Here’s the latest Scribd downloader site that you can use to download Scribd on your laptop or smartphone:

Dlscrib is a document downloader site (automatic document downloader) that allows you to download documents on Scribd without logging in. The trick is you can enter the Scribd document site link in the box provided > click generate download link to download.

Doc Downloader. Apart from Scribd, doc downloader allows users to download documents automatically. The trick, copy the URL of the Scribd document, and paste it in the box provided > click Get Link to download.

Scribd Downloader. Similar to dlscrib and doc downloader, Scribd downloader can be used to download documents quickly without registering an account. The trick is pleased copy and pastes the document Scribd link in the link box > click download

Upload the document on Scribd

Uploading Scribd documents is free, users can publish the script so that it can be widely reached. In addition, Scribd can also be used as a data backup, there is a private feature.

Make sure you have registered with Scribd, click the uploaded document menu > Select Documents to Upload, or drag & drop. Supported file types: pdf, txt, doc, ppt, Xls, Docx, and more. Complete the title and description of the uploaded file, then click upload.
The benefits of uploading documents on Scribd are:

Reach more than 90 million readers
Upload fast
Documents indexed by Google and other search engines
Can be embedded in the blog

Ebook Publishing on Scribd

I see an opportunity that Scribd can be used as a medium for publishing free ebooks similar to self-publishing. Scribd uses a creative commons license, meaning that the documents shared are licensed according to Scribd’s terms, and can be shared or limited. Apart from publishing ebooks on your blog, you can also publish them on Scribd. Here’s an example of my ebook publication on Scribd.

Embedded Scribd document on Blog

Embedded allows users to embed document iframes on blogs. Readers can directly view documents without visiting Scribd.

Upload the document first. After the document is successfully uploaded, click Embed.

A dialog box appears, Copy the embedded HTML, then paste it into a blog post. The iframe will automatically appear on the blog.

See an example of the results of the embedded Scribd document.

Recommendation

Scribd as an alternative to find documents and publish manuscripts. Scribd contains not only ebooks but also journals, presentations, magazines, audiobooks, and other publications. Readers can take full advantage of all the features that Scribd has to offer.

Besides Scribd, there is Academia.edu – Share research and Researchgate which focuses on distributing academic content (journals), Slideshare which focuses on distributing presentation slides, and Issues for independent manuscript publishing.