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Positioning itself as the YouTube of the written word, Scribd helps writers reach the masses with their self expression. As “the largest social publishing company in the world,” Scribd goes beyond the blogs and posts that have proliferated on the Internet. It allows writers to share screenplays, novels, recipes, puzzles, maps, magazines, newspapers and sheet music with a wide audience that includes Scribd’s community of “passionate readers.”

Today’s media-savvy young adults have one thing in common with their old-school parents: they aspire to amass wealth. Pursuit of this common goal, however, may take a slightly different direction through Wallstrip.