Scribd is setting its sights on bigger, newer titles.E-book and audiobook versions of The Fates Divide, the second volume in Veronica Roths Carve the Markseries, will go live on Scribd tomorrow.
Its not an exclusive deal youll be able to buy The Fates Divide in bookstores and from online retailers but Scribd will be the only subscription service where you can find the e-bookon launch day.Roths publisher HarperCollins was the first of the Big Five to partner with the service back in 2013.
Last year, it began offering some of its newer, frontlist titles on Scribd as well.So even if you havent been eagerly awaiting the next book in the series, its noteworthy that HarperCollins is willing to launch major titles on Scribd, rather than just treating the service as a way monetize older books.Roth is best-known as the author of the Divergent series of young adult novels.
Shes alsomaking a splash with her new books, with the first volumedebuting at number one on The New York Times Young Adult bestseller list.
According to reviewers,Carve the Markresembles Divergent in its combination of dystopian science fiction and teen romance but with a touch of Star Wars as the action shifts to a distant planet.In the announcement, HarperCollins senior director of digital business development Adam Silverman said:Were confident that Scribds subscription model is an excellent retail platform on which to launch new titles and generate buzz for a huge release such as The Fates Divide.
Over the five years weve worked with Scribd, weve seen increasing value in providing our books on the service their wonderful recommendation engine and merchandising efforts are hard to beat and were excited to work with Scribd to promote even more of our best books in the future as our partnership continues to grow.Scribd says it now has more than 750,000 paying subscribers.
It also recently returned to a model where those subscribers can read and listen to an unlimited number of books (though there are some limitations for the most voracious readers).