“The editors chose to add one more day, a 77th,” Bryant said, “to demonstrate that the war continues still. On February 23, the country celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day May 9 is Victory Day, marking the defeat of Germany in World War II.
The book documents the first 76 days of the war, between February 23 and May 9-two symbolic dates for the Russian military. “With 77 Days the focus was on ordinary and extraordinary people who are impacted by the war,” Bryant said. It was translated by Dmytro Kyyan and Kate Tsurka. The collection was curated by Marichka Paplauskaite, editor-in-chief of Reporters, and edited by Mark Bryant, a consulting editor at Scribd. The book runs 236 pages, or five hours as an audiobook, and offers translations of work that originally appeared in Reporters, a Ukrainian magazine focused on long-form literary journalism. Scribd’s most ambitious book was published in July: 77 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists is a collection of 24 personal essays about Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with an introduction by poet and musician Serhiy Zhadan. “Scribd Originals is a lucrative alternative to magazine publishing and, often, writers see it as a way to publish between books.’ “We’re trying to be additive to the ecosystem and are committed to expanding opportunities for writers to be compensated for their work,” said Schroeder, noting that the outlets for magazine-length pieces have shrunk over the years. Authors are paid a flat fee and retain their rights to adapt and expand their work. The publications are typically less than 100 pages and are released in e-book and audiobook formats. “Nonfiction performs especially well on Scribd,” Schroeder said. The focus, said Charlie Schroeder, Scribd’s New York–based head of original content development and publishing, has been on nonfiction, though Scribd Originals has published new work by several A-list fiction writers as well, including Two Scorched Men by Margaret Atwood, The Orchard by Peter Heller, Junket by Lauren Groff, Finn by Stephen King, and The Only Living Girl on Earth by Charles Yu. Since the release of Mueller’s War, Scribd has published nearly 60 works, including Writing the Wound by Roxanne Gay, an essay about the aftermath of publishing her memoir Hunger Shelter The Summer of Fall by Laura Lippman, a memoir about overcoming adversity and Ada Limón’s Shelter: A Love Letter to Trees. In 2019, the company also began commissioning work, starting with Mueller’s War, a 71-page e-book by Garrett Graff about Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. This ranges from e-books-including many from the major publishing houses-to magazines, academic papers and journals, sheet music, and original documents. One big lure is access to a vast library of some 195 million pieces of content. Scribd, the digital subscription reading and listening platform, launched in 2007 and has since attracted 1.9 million subscribers and more than 200 million unique monthly visitors from 190 countries, according to the company.
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