I just ran across this website today and thought those of you who are working on getting your articles out there might find it useful - it's a typical article directory in that it's orgranized by topic/subtopic etc. but what I really like about this one is that you upload your work as a PDF or Word Doc (or numerous other kinds of docs, including presentations!) and the website accepts and encourages comments on your written work.

It's also a 'social networking' site of sorts - where you can keep track of contacts, etc.

Check out Scribd here! (If you use this site and have any comments to add, please do so! )


Here's some text from their 'about' page:
Scribd is a free, web-based, document sharing community and self-publishing platform that enables anyone to easily publish, distribute, share, and discover documents of all kinds. E-books, presentations, essays, academic papers, newsletters, photo albums, school work, and sheet music are just a few of the different kinds of documents you can publish and share on Scribd.

Scribd provides:

• A simple yet powerful method of publishing and distributing your own electronic books and documents in a variety of formats - for free.
• A vibrant global community of eager publishers, readers and collaborators that offer great content and constructive feedback.
• A massive, perpetually growing library of open, community-generated content.
• A secure, flexible private document managment system.

Scribd also provides value-added products and services for commercial publishers, educational institutions, and multi-media content providers.


What kinds of things can I do with Scribd?
Scribd is full of cool and interesting features that will transform how you work with documents on the web!

• Upload documents in many different formats, including Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, plain text, HTML, PowerPoint, Excel, OpenOffice, JPEG, and more!
• Embed your documents in a blog, Facebook profile, or other external website with your fonts, images, and formatting fully intact
• Host a document at Scribd with its own unique URL
• Unlimited storage - upload as many documents as you like
• Your choice of one of four uploaders that best suits your needs
• Fast indexing by Google and other major search engines will ensure that your content is easily found by just about everyone!
• Keep certain documents private or share with a limited number of friends
• Automatically convert published content into PDF, Word, and plain text
• Analyze your viewers by location, Google referral, and more
• Find documents similar to yours
• Receive feedback and comments from Scribd's community
• Retain full document copyright or make your documents available under Creative Commons licenses
• Create a profile and make new friends and fans
• Explore the hundreds of thousands of documents that have already been uploaded by Scribd's community - browse by category and tags, use our full-text search tool, or just browse by what's popular - it's up to you!

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Tess this great. I am actually working on an article right now that I want to have published. If I am unable to have it published by a VA affiliate, this may be an option for me. Thanks!

That's very cool! Thanks Tess.

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Thanks for the info, Tess!

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Mary H. Ruth/Virtual Writing & Communications
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I just love scribd. I have posted 2 articles and a quiz. I wasn't too serious about the writing thing but in about a year i have had 351 viewers. I am seriously looking into writing more seriously as I see where people are actually charging for their unpublished works.

What a great site. I am just venturing into the article writing area now and this site is going to be a great help.

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How cool! Thanks for sharing, Tess! I'm excited to check it out.

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Thanks Tess, I already published my press release!

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Alba Henderson, i-Virtual Assist
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Oh, this is great to know - thanks for the tip

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Joanne Matheson
JEM Office Solutions

Thanks for sharing Tess! looks very interesting and also free!

Stacey

Hi

Thanks for posting that. Absolutely agree. Squibd is really fabulous. One of the great things is that when you submit an article there, it usually gets spidered that same day. So make sure you get your keywords in there right.

Also, people can add it to their favorites. It's fun to see months down the road you get a notice that someone has read your article and added it to their favorites. Lets you know that it's still getting traffic.

You can even put reports and ebooks there. I have some of my sample books on there. Great marketing tool.

Thanks!

Diana Ennen
Virtual Word Publishing
www.virtualwordpublishing.com

This site looks great, Tess. Thanks for sharing it with us. Can't wait to dive in and check it out in greater depth.

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What a great resource!

Thanks

Colleen

Thanks for this post ... this will help me with a client's work.

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Tonja
VA/Ebusiness Marketing Consultant

Thank you for that great link. I have this desire to write but I am a little scared to write something especially when I'm not sure what people would be interested in.

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