Scribd Opens a Digital Subscription Service in Australia The Scribd subscription introduced in Australia this week has opened at a price of AU$13.99 and includes audio as well as reading content. On Swanston Street in Melbourne, February 17, early in a ‘circuit-breaker’ COVID-19 lockdown. Image – iStockphoto: Filed IMAGE Monthly Subscription: AU$13.99 In a corporate dialect with which we’re all familiar, Scribd today (March 16) says it has opened in Australia a “localized product experience.” What its folks mean by this in messages to the news media, of course, is that the San Francisco-based subscription service, now well into its international expansion, has opened with pricing in local currency and offerings organized for that market.