My story of Scribd

I was having a chat with a like-minded family member of mine which is rare as most friends and family are not into self-improvement or bettering themselves.

This gentleman however like me is continuously always looking to improve himself to be a bigger and better person. We often talk about various software, apps and books we’ve read when we catch up at a family gathering.

I’ve downloaded many mobile apps in recent months to test and play around with and seriously, when I started looking into this on a train ride the following week, I was pleasantly impressed.

What does that mean? It means you can stream and much content as you want each month at a flat fee but you don’t technically own the content. Same concept as Netflix right? You can watch a movie over and over again but you can’t download and keep the content on your hard-drive forever.

Like Netflix, you can download content for a short period of time using your Wi-Fi to save you your Cell-data allowance.

If you’re familier with such subscription companies as Audible, you pay a monthly fee to which you are allocated a 1 credit. With that credit, you can purchase an audiobook. You can sample 3–5 minutes of the book prior to purchase but that’s it. If you decide to buy the book, you are stuck with it.

How does this compare cost wise?

Like I mentioned before, with such services as Audible which are no doubt fantastic, you are purchasing only 1 book per credit. Depending on where you are in the world, this can range from $10–20 dollars. Comparatively, at the time of writing this blog post, Scrib only charges $8.99 for unlimited usage. I’m so impressed with this service. Yes, they do have a free service so and if you use this link, you’ll get 60 days free usage of their premium service. Remember I said to try before you buy. Even if you want to revert back to

All my other audio applications such as Audible and Blinkst do respond to interactions coming into from earphones. Not Scribd (yet).

This is the only drawback I’ve found so far. Other than that, I love it.

Truthly speaking, till today I had only used the Audiobooks and Books section. Though it had been right in front of me, I never saw the Magazine, Documents and Music Sheet. Isn’t it funny you only see what you want to see in life.

You can browse around and listen to snippets of books and read sections for free. However, to get the true value of Scribd, you do need to upgrade to the premium subscription. I always say this, try before you buy. By default, Scribd give you 30 days complimentary access for you to try Scribd to all of its content for FREE!

We live in an age we we buy Coffees everyday, subscribe to Netflix and Cable TV without even blinking an eye. An affordable Coffees can typically be $3–5. If you skip 2 of these indulgences a month, you can pay for your Scribd subscription.

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