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Ebooks For Dummies: Wiley Joins 150 Publishers In The Scribd Store

3 years agoTechnology : TechCrunch

Book publishers are increasingly embracing digital books, and not just on Amazon's Kindle.  Today, John Wiley and Sons, Barnes and Noble imprint Sterling Publishing, Chronicle Books, and the University of Chicago Press announced they will join a total of 150 publishers to offer ebooks in the Scribd Store.  Wiley is the venerable publisher of the For Dummies series of books as well as Frommer's travel guides and CliffsNotes.
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