Scribd Strikes Deal with John Wiley and Sons

The socially networked reading site Scribd inked a deal with John Wiley and Sons, Inc. today, agreeing to sell thousands of digital books on the site.

The press release contained some mind-boggling statistics about online readership at the free site. According to the company, community members read five million free and for-purchase works in 2009 on the site. In addition, 200,000 books are published on Scribd annually, and the company thinks the figure will quadruple in 2010.

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