Ebook Subscription Site Scribd Adds “For Dummies” Titles, Will Pay Reference Publishers When Users Browse

Ebook subscription service Scribd, which charges users $8.99 per month for unlimited access to a library of about 300,000 ebooks, plans to announce Tuesday that it's added about 1,000 books from reference publisher Wiley - including the well-known "For Dummies" series - to its offerings.

That 1,000 figure encompasses most of the under-$40 books in Wiley's catalog. More expensive titles, like $100-plus textbooks, aren't included.