I first discovered Scribd when looking for a tool to embed my own pdf files on public platforms. Now I love the near limitless access it gives me to unique content and digital publications.
I have been able to find exclusive documents and printables that I wouldn't have stumbled upon or been able to access elsewhere. I like that Scribd promotes community of sharing and networking by providing free document access when you upload your own documents.
Scribd Premium membership offers one of the most competitive e-reading experiences I've been able to find with unlimited access to ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines for less than $10 a month. This is cheaper than Audible's membership that includes only 1 free book and comparable to KindleUnlimited except with more publishing house titles versus indie or self-published ones. I find myself using Scribd to read on topics in all aspects of my life from business development and growth to educating my children.
They also offer a very generous referral program where you can earn free months of membership which means even greater savings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I find Scribd to excel at the service they offer.
While I love the fact they have so many books that I can't access with my Kindle Unlimited subscription, I don't think they've attracted the indie/self-publishing market as well as Amazon so avid readers like me would probably want both memberships to be able to access all the titles we want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Scribd is very easy to use and that's the most important thing for me. you can get everything from books, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, research papers, and all under one dashboard which makes it very user friendly. I started using Scribd all by accident actually, when collage, I needed to complete a research paper and found the site searching for it. later it seemed interesting and decided to go for the trial and never looked back since, it's now my go-to website for any books or audiobooks. the Scribd subscription also gave me access to other amazing services like peak, curiosity stream, and Pandora for free which is awesome. the service is also fairly priced so everyone can use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I don't like the android app that much but for the fact, I'm not a fan of reading books on mobile phones, maybe that's that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
1.- You can access from your pc and your mobile without any problem.
2.- The app for reading electronic books works well.
3.- You can find books, texts and audiobooks in different languages.
4.- The website works well and is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
1.- Expensive for so many repeated and incomplete documents. Even for his collection of books and audiobooks it seems expensive compared to other platforms with more variety (example amazon).
2.- You cannot access or read books on any platform other than scribd, which is problematic for me since I use kindle for my electronic books.
3.- It has no integration with ereaders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Scribd is a great way to read things without having to pay per book read or wait to receive a book from a library or book exchange. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Occasionally I can’t find something I’m looking for on scribd but overall the selection is very strong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Almost all the books that I need can be found on scribd Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Scibd should be able to compare the number of pages of files that we upload with the number of pages that we will read when we are free users. because after we upload the file, the preview page that can be read is limited, and asks us to upload the file again for the next preview, even though the file pages that we have uploaded are more than the total pages that will be read. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is a great tool in which I can have my documents written in PDF or web pages that I consider important, I can adapt it to several formats and open in several operating systems, it is really interesting because it is like a virtual library where you can save all the readings of my interest and share them with whoever you want at the time you want in a very easy way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
You need legal permits to make certain publications and you will always run the risk of losing everything if the company decides to close so I recommend always having a backup of everything you keep there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The wide variety of books and the ease of searching the website are the best features of this website. I almost feel like I am getting lost in a library or book store when I am searching the Scribd website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I don't really dislike anything about the site. Everything is pretty wonderful. I hope Scribd does not have plans to change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is easy to use, you can have more audiobooks per month then, for example, Audible and a decent amount of books per month with a sizeable database of good books with nice recommendations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The fact that it does not have some of the books I was looking for and for example, B&N or Amazon have. They still have a good bunch of books but not all audiobooks, for example, Audible offers, sometimes also the quality is worse and choppy and not that enjoyable to listen to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is a great app for listening to audio books and digital news papers. I like the efficiency of the app and the amount of resources available in it. There is a lot of material to use in Scribd for personal and professional purposes. I like how convenient the app is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I do not like that it is only audio books and news papers. I don't like having many apps and would rather merge music, audio books, podcasts and news paper at one platt form. Also, sometimes the app is confusing when searching for a new material. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I appreciate that Scribd has a wide variety of book and magazine titles, which have been very useful to share with the teenage Fellows I work with when we assign readings. The Fellows have commented that the platform is really easy to use on their computers and phones, and so far we have been able to find all of the material we needed directly on Scribd. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
So far there is nothing I dislike about the product - everything has worked well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
easy to just start listening on your computer without having to download the file etc I like the save for later option making it easy to keep track of what you want to read / listen to later. Great selection of whats recommended for you based on what you've borrowed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
the genres aren't very easy to search and there are limited categories listed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
This is one of the easier to use reading subscriptions I have used. I like that I was able to try it free for 30 days, and have since used it to access hundreds of ebooks and audio books that I listen to to advance in my knowledge for my career. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Just like with any service, there are some books that I would like to access that have no been available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I liked how the setup is like an online library and the site is very easy to read from and find a variety of sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I didn't like the zooming feature because the toggle doesn't work very well and trying to zoom on a dated source and ending up with a lower quality, pixelated page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like being able to use Google search and find documents within Scribd that were published. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
To obtain a document, you need to upload one of your own. Some people upload documents that are not of value to the public. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.