Scribd Expands Its Audiobook Library

By Maryann Yin 

Scribd Logo 2Scribd will add 9,000 audiobook titles to its library. The new offerings come from the Penguin Random House Audio list.

Subscribers will be able to access new titles from Alice Munro, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Anne Rice, and Deepak Chopra. With this new development, the company now boasts a selection of more than 45,000 audiobooks.

Here’s more from the press release: “The deal brings Penguin Random House Audio’s titles to Scribd, including bestsellers such as The Girl on the Train, Fifty Shades of Grey, Gone Girl, Wild, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and A Game of Thrones; award-winning recordings such as Bill Clinton’s My Life narrated by the former president, John Grisham’s Runaway Jury narrated by Michael Beck, Kathryn Stockett’s The Help narrated by Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin, and Cassandra Campbell; and renowned narrators including Christopher Plummer, Diane Keaton, Barbara Walters, Kate Winslet, and more…To celebrate the addition of Penguin Random House Audio, Scribd’s editorial staff has created dozens of new collections to highlight key titles.”