“Netflix for ebooks” Oyster launched on iPad and opened up to everybody Wednesday; previously it had only been available on iPhone. Rival service Scribd also released some stats showing that most of its use is coming from iPad. Read more at GigaOM »
The traditional textbook publishing model, based on dead trees and middlemen, can force students to shell out hundreds of dollars for a stack of photocopies. Now, two law professors are offering an alternative at a fraction of the price. Read more »
Document sharing site Scribd is expanding its mobile publishing efforts with the introduction of Float, a free, Instapaper-like iPhone app t… Read more »
Social publishing site Scribd is considering a number of premium products as an additional revenue stream to its ad sales and year-and-a-hal… Read more »
Although magazines like Wired are reporting strong results for their early iPad efforts, for most publishers, this is still an experiment to… Read more »
Social publishing site Scribd is hoping to capitalize on the hype over apps and e-readers with a slew of products aimed at portable devices… Read more »
Online document-sharing service Docstoc has been competing with rival Scribd for the past two years: Scribd has made inroads with mainstream… Read more »
