Wait. Does Scribd automatically create files out of PDFs for HN? How did you do that?

It's actually really easy. Just tell "slurp" where to download the original file, and you'll be redirected to the ipaper version of that document. It can be any file format that Scribd supports :)

Syntax: http://www.scribd.com/slurp?url=[target_url]

Example: http://www.scribd.com/slurp?url=http://homepage.mac.com/svc/...

More info here: http://www.scribd.com/platform/documentation/upload

Huh. Very cool. I did not know that.

Out of curiosity, does Scribd still support any non-iPaper display formats? I recall reading something in HTML there, and it was a lot more natural-seeming.