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At  Everand, we’re on a mission to create a world where stories and knowledge are accessible to all. As passionate bookworms ourselves, reading is at the heart of everything we do. But we wanted to dig deeper—into the habits, preferences, and beliefs that shape how people read today. That’s why today we’re excited to announce our first-ever State of Reading Report! After surveying over 1,500 U.S. consumers, we’ve uncovered fascinating insights into how and why people engage with books in today’s digital age. Here are a few key takeaways: 📚 Reading is more important than ever: 94% of people say reading is important to them, with half having read more in the past year.  📈 A growing appetite for books: The data shows a clear increase in reading habits across the board, signaling a cultural shift toward deeper engagement with literature. 🤝 Fostering connections: One of our favorite findings? People feel more connected and less alone when they read. Check out the full report for a deep dive into the ways reading habits are evolving.

We love finding ways to bring our team together—especially during the holidays... Enter our annual Holiday Cookie Decorating Extravaganza! We sent out cookie decorating kits and followed along as an instructor showed us her best tips and tips on decorating. From showcasing our brand spirit to adding our own creative twists, everyone had a blast connecting and getting festive. ✨🍪 Happy holidays from our team to yours! 🍪✨

Last week, at the Guadalajara Book Fair, the most important publishing event in the Spanish-speaking world, our Associate Director, Content Acquisition, Javier Aceves -baxter-, joined a panel discussion on "Sound Rights: Negotiating Audio with Different Agents in the Publishing Industry" hosted by Editorial audiolibre as part of the first edition of Foro Audio FIL. Along with industry experts Mariana Féged, Eugenia Bascaran, Marina Penalva Halpin, and Jose Hamad, Javier shed light on the excitement surrounding audio projects, the importance of finding the right narration to enhance the user's experience, and how to choose projects that shine in the audio format. Scribd, Inc.’s Everand was also excited to sponsor the Guadalajara Book Fair and participate in this incredible cultural festival with authors and readers alike. Our team was on the ground capturing content and connecting with the book-loving community all week! *** Esta semana estuvimos en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, el evento editorial más grande del mundo hispanohablante, donde nuestro Director de Adquisición de Contenido para México y Latinoamérica, Javier Aceves -baxter-, participó en el panel "Derechos Sonoros: Negociando Audio con Diferentes Agentes en la Industria Editorial." Este panel, organizado por Editorial audiolibre como parte del primer Foro Audio FIL, reunió a grandes voces de la industria como Mariana Féged, Eugenia Bascaran, Marina Penalva Halpin y José Hamad. Javier compartió ideas sobre lo emocionante que es trabajar en proyectos de audio, la importancia de una narración que eleve la experiencia del usuario y cómo seleccionar proyectos que realmente brillen en este formato. Por primera vez, Everand, de Scribd, Inc., fue patrocinador de la FIL, y no podríamos estar más emocionados de haber formado parte de este increíble festival cultural junto a autores y lectores. ¡Nuestro equipo estuvo en acción toda la semana, capturando contenido y conectando con la comunidad amante de los libros!

Welcome to our Employee Spotlight! Each month, we’ll shine a light on a Scribd. Inc team member, starting with Emily Paffhausen. As a Senior Product Manager, Emily’s days are packed with meetings—and yes, she actually enjoys them! Her favorite part of product management? Building connections with new teams and collaborating to make things happen.

Our VP of Brand Marketing and Communications, Gemma Craven, shares a behind-the-scenes look at the book industry’s Big Night Out: “On Wednesday night, the book industry gathered for the 75th National Book Awards, with over 800 people in attendance at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The stunning location, formerly the National City Bank Building, has ‘awards show’ written all over it, with guests dining beneath its Greek Revival ceilings and marble stairways. The Scribd, Inc. team was proud to represent at the event, celebrate the winners and meet with partners from across the industry.   Hosted by The National Book Foundation, Presenter of the National Book Awards and emceed by SNL alum Kate McKinnon, the annual 'Oscars for books' recognizes winners in five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. A total of 1,917 books were submitted this year, with the judging panels deciding the winners just hours before the ceremony began. Jon Batiste opened the proceedings at a Steinway, telling the audience he was adding '250 years of music' to his stunning rendition of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Lifetime achievement awards were given to Black Classics Press publisher Paul Coates, and Demon Copperhead author Barbara Kingsolver, who won the distinguished contribution to American letters award. James by Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction, while author Jason De León won the nonfiction category for his book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling. Shifa Saltagi Safadi won the young people’s literature category for her novel Kareem Between. Lena Khalaf Tuffaha won the poetry category for her collection Something About Living, and the translated literature prize was won by Taiwan Travelogue author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King, who translated the book from Mandarin Chinese. Congratulations to all the winners and kudos to the National Book Foundation for an inspiring event!”

Scribd, Inc., is proud to share the latest evolution of Everand, your go-to destination for millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and more. Today, we invite you to expand your world with the exponential growth of our premium catalog, available in the US. Explore over 1.5 million ebooks and audiobooks — now featuring over 150,000 new and bestselling titles — with our new Plus and Standard plans that offer unrivaled choice and value. Read more from our CEO Tony Grimminck about these exciting updates.. https://bit.ly/4eb1cK3

Last week, we hosted our first-ever all-company offsite, ScribdFest, in the breathtaking surroundings of Vail, Colorado. With the mountains as our backdrop, the entire Scribd, Inc. team came together to brainstorm, strategize, and bond. Our week-long agenda was packed with workshops, planning sessions, knowledge sharing, and, of course, plenty of time to celebrate our Scribd, Inc. community and build lasting connections. Plus, we got exciting previews of upcoming features, initiatives, and product enhancements. We’re more engaged, connected, and inspired than ever to fuel our mission of sparking human curiosity—into 2025 and beyond!

Every year Scribd, Inc. activates Hack Week, an internal employee initiative dedicated to exploring new ideas, cross-functional collaboration, and innovation outside the day-to-day. In line with this year's theme – Control Alt Delete – 100+ employees came together to think through how to eliminate outdated and unnecessary elements to make our worksteams more efficient. We sought to understand the root causes of clutter to create alternative paths forward and prevent them in the future. The team conducted 25+ projects resulting in the happy deletion of 62,000 lines of code, the archiving of over 700 slack channels, the building of new processes, and so much more. Congratulations to our 2024 Hack Week winners! 🏅 Abby Gleason – Impact Award for breadth & depth of impact across all employees 🏅 Noah Tuller – Ways of Working Award for most exciting process or workflow change 🏅 Keith B. – Creativity Award for most creative or unexpectedly useful control/alt/delete 🏅 Harrison Anderson – Cross Functional Award for best showcase of cross-functional collaboration 🏅 Liam Bui – Technical Award for most technically interesting application #innovation #collaboration #teamwork

We're excited to share Everand Originals author Roxane Gay on The Daily Show in conversation with Michael Kosta discussing her new essay, "Stand Your Ground," available exclusively on Everand. View the full clip here: https://lnkd.in/gbKB4Ea3

At Scribd, Inc., we don’t just want to make information available, we want to make knowledge accessible. Earlier this year, we began leveraging Anthropic’s Claude generative AI to attach high quality metadata to over 100 million pieces of content across Scribd and SlideShare. This meaningful enhancement makes uploads more discoverable, shines a light on contributing community members, and empowers people across the globe to find answers faster than ever before. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gmdHWJq2