Harvard University Press to go online with Scribd | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home

Harvard University Press to go online with Scribd | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home: "“I’d be surprised if, with the same pricing model, people will be willing to pay for content that can only be viewed online,” Mr. Lee said. He said interest might increase in publishing the material online if Scribd were to develop a way for the books to become portable. Materials downloaded through Scribd can only be viewed through the site’s software, and cannot be printed or replicated. “If we allow the content to be downloaded with no restrictions, it could eat into our print sales.”"