More than 250 Publishers Sign on With Float Two Months After Launch

Float Apps Now Include Full Articles From CBS Money Watch, Engadget, Fast Company, Gawker, GOOD, Mashable, Talking Points Memo, Among Others
SAN FRANCISCO--September 12, 2011--Scribd, Inc. today announced that it has signed more than 250 publishers as featured content providers for Float, the companys digital reading service and suite of applications launched in July. We set out -- from the beginning -- to work in lock step with publishers, said Robert Macdonald, Scribds SVP of business development. We firmly believe that this approach ensures the best reading experience because it gives people full access to the content they want, while creating value and revenue opportunities for publishers. Content on Float is discovered through social feeds and through 20 interest-based categories. New and popular media partners featured in the Float iPhone, iPod Touch and web apps include: Associated Press CBS Money Watch CBS News CNET Engadget Entertainment Weekly Fast Company FORTUNE Gawker Gizmodo GOOD Harpers Magazine HuffingtonPost Inc. InStyle National Journal PEOPLE Salon Scientific American Slate Talking Points Memo Technology Review The Atlantic The Nation The New Republic TheStreet TIME Mashable Motley Fool TechCrunch WIRED

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Float is a digital reading service and suite of applications designed to make it simpler and more fun to read news, blogs and documents from one app. Float users can find and organize sources and content in one place while connecting with friends and readers to discover reading recommendations on Twitter, Facebook and Scribd. The app is available for free on float.com and as a download from Apples App Store. Other devices and platform support are in development. Float is designed to work well for casual browsing as well as a deep diving into readers interests. Using new technology, text that is formatted for the web can now be easily read on any mobile device in a floating text reading experience, enabling people to zoom in on text and scroll left to right like the pages of a book or magazine. In addition, content is personalized to reading style and environment, including settings for direct sunlight and eye strain. ###

About Scribd Scribd is the largest social reading and publishing company in the world with more than 75 million readers each month. Through scribd.com and Float, our new digital reading service and suite of applications, weve made it incredibly simple for anyone to share and discover informative, entertaining and original written content on the web and mobile devices. Our mission is to liberate the written word, to connect people and organizations with the information and ideas that matter most to them. Our innovative HTML5 document reader technology has lowered the barriers to publishing by enabling anyone to easily upload and share their work in any file format. Scribd is a venture-backed company based in San Francisco. For more information, please visit http://www.scribd.com/about. Media Contact: Michelle Laird Director, Communications michelle@scribd.com