Scribd it’s an excellent online file converter and file sharing service. Everyone can upload documents which can be embedded in web pages through a flash PDF application.
Compatible Files
You can upload the following types of documents:
- Word (.doc)
- PDF (.pdf)
- text (.txt)
- PowerPoint (.ppt)
- Excel (.xls)
- Postscript (.ps)
- LIT (.lit)
Once your documents are in the shared online library users can:
- Embed your document into their web pages using a simple HTML code
- Download the document in PDF, Word, Ascii or MP3 format (if there’s an audio track available)
- Perform search into shared library using tags and keywords
It’s a kind of…. social sharing
Scribd can be considered a kind of YouTube for Office Automation due to Social Networking features embedded in the system like buzzing and comments. Popular documents are listed into the above-the-fold area on the right.
If you are not interested in files sharing you can anyway use scribd like an online file converter disabling the “share” flag of each file.
Here it are others interesting features;
- Discover related documents to your own with special algorithm
- Upload multiple files at once (Bulk upload)
- Make some money when a user make a hard print copy of your document
Subscription is free and space is unlimited!
