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Re:Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new ma... by ig1 on Friday December 19, 2008 @09:01AM (#403329)
I imagine it's exactly the youtube way. Bootstrapping from illicit content to legitimate content. scribd is probably the second biggest repository of illegal books online (after irc book bots) and probably the easiest to use.
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Re:Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new ma... by uuilly on Friday December 19, 2008 @08:44PM (#404119)
The only reason I've ever used scribd is to get illegal computer books. About 1/2 of which I already owned physical copies of.
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