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and sell digital copies of their work online.[10] That same month, the site
partnered with Simon & Schuster to sell e-books on Scribd.[11] The deal made
digital editions of 5,000 titles available for purchase on Scribd, including books
from bestselling authors like Stephen King, Dan Brown, and Mary Higgins Clark.[12]
In October 2009, Scribd launched its branded reader for media companies including
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post,
TechCrunch, and MediaBistro.[8] ProQuest began publishing dissertations and theses
on Scribd in December 2009.[13] In August 2010, many notable documents hosted on
Scribd began to go viral, including the California Proposition 8 ruling, which
received over 100,000 views in about 24 minutes, and HP's lawsuit against Mark
Hurd's move to Oracle.[14][15]