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Scribd, a free online document sharing community, previously covered here, that lets you display documents right in your Web browser has launched iPaper. iPaper is a new format for web document that allows you to view and upload PDF, Word, Excel and Powerpoint files. It’s the first full-featured viewer that runs in a web page with no additional software. iPaper is a fast and light alternative to PDF and is viewable in almost any web browser. It is free and easy for anyone to convert documents to iPaper.

Scribd iPaper features:

• Built for the Cross Platform Web – iPaper is a document format built for the Internet. Like a YouTube video, iPaper documents are Flash widgets which you embed in your existing web pages. PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and many other document formats can all be displayed on the web using iPaper.
• Monetize Your Documents – iPaper integrates a sophisticated ad system by Google that automatically targets ads to the content of your documents
• Enhanced Security – iPaper documents are embedded in your webpages, your documents will naturally inherit your website’s existing security system. You can’t download, upload, or email an iPaper document
• Simplicity and Speed – iPaper is designed to be fast, light, and simple. Because it’s integrated into your site, iPaper offers a fluid browsing experience, keeping visitors on your site. It has a small footprint, doesn’t require the installation of additional software, and it’s not loaded with superfluous features.
• Increase Your Traffic – iPaper has social features built in to encourage users to share your documents with their friends. It also offers unique search engine optimization (SEO) features to increase the amount of traffic from Google and other search engines. Additionally, users will view your documents more often if they’re in iPaper format, because they’ll load faster and be integrated with this site. All of this means that more people will see your documents if they are displayed with iPaper.
• Easy to Integrate – Switching to iPaper is free and takes just a few minutes.

The Scribd Platform provides a set of tools and documentation that allows you to easily integrate iPaper and other Scribd features with your own website. There are three ways to integrate iPaper with an existing website:

1. QuickSwitch – QuickSwitch works in the background to convert your documents to iPaper with no user interaction, no site downtime, and no programming
2. Scribd API – The Scribd API is the most powerful and customizable way to upload documents to Scribd, convert documents to iPaper, manage existing documents on your website, and find the content you need. A basic level of web development experience is required.
3. Embed – Use Embed if you have only a handful of documents. To get started just upload your documents to Scribd. They will immediately be converted into iPaper and stored on Scribd’s servers. You can then copy and paste the embed code on Scribd to embed them on your website.

To get started, you will need have a Scribd account. If you already have an account, you can login with your username and password. For more information on Scribd iPaper, visit http://www.scribd.com/ipaper.