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Scribd To Launch Mobile Service

Posted at 6:07PM Wednesday 24 Feb 2010

Document sharing website Scribd is making a more direct challenge to Amazon and Apple by launching a mobile service that it hopes will make it easier for millions of people to read on the go.

The move could put the well-regarded startup – described as "YouTube for documents" – into more direct competition with larger rivals such as Amazon and Apple, which is set to launch the iPad and its iBooks application next month.

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