Human Resources: SAFARI BOOKS ONLINE LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE FOR DIRECT ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY THOUGHT-LEADER AND TRENDS

SEBASTOPOL, Calif. - June 20, 2007 - Safari® Books Online, (Safari) the leading on-demand reference and learning platform and a joint venture of O'Reilly Media Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, today launched its new website, www.safaribooksonline.com. An essential business tool, Safari is fast changing the way corporate, academic and training organizations access information and enables increasingly mobile workforces to access technical and business reference resources anytime and anywhere.

The new safaribooksonline.com is now available for immediate access and engagement with technology thought-leaders in a forum focused on the latest developments in technology. The site also features links to breaking tech news, podcasts and interviews.

To keep IT and business professionals current, Safari introduces "What's New" (http://www.safaribooksonline.com/whatsnew/whats-new.php) which includes a myriad of valuable content including "This Month in Safari," "Meet the Authors" ("Author Spotlight" and "Author Interviews") and "Hot Titles"-- all free to subscribers and visitors (visitors can also access the entire site by registering for a free trial).

The new Meet the Authors area has features like the monthly Author Spotlight and an archive of Author Interviews that allow subscribers and visitors to get up close and personal with Safari's many talented authors. Each Spotlight features a Q&A and a link to a complete list of collected works by that author on Safari. The collected works may be in any of the formats that Safari provides to support the reference and learning needs of its community: books, manuscripts, short topics, articles and instructional video.

Each month, the Author Spotlight will feature a new profile and interview of a Safari author focusing on a current topic, technology or a recent book written. More authors are profiled in archived Author Interviews. Whether visitors want to learn about the advantages and challenges of Microsoft Vista, the new Camera Raw features in Adobe CS3, or brush up on the latest project management strategies, Safari provides the introduction to expert authors covering current, relevant topics.

This month's Author Spotlight features Photoshop expert Ben Long. Ben wrote one of the first books available on Photoshop CS3, "Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta First Look with Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw." Read what Ben has to say about the pros and cons of Adobe Photoshop 3 and the differences in the public beta of CS3 and the final release in this timely interview here: www.safaribooksonline.com/whatsnew/spotlight.php.

The Author Interviews section archives interviews previously featured in Author Spotlight. Prominent authors in this section currently include among others:

Robert Martin, one of the primary founders of the methodology of agile programming, and the author of the seminal book on the topic, "Agile Software Development Principles, Patterns, and Practices"
Preston Gralla, author of "Windows Vista in a Nutshell," released in December 2006 by O'Reilly Media
Bruce Tate and Curt Hibbs, co-authors of "Ruby on Rails: Up and Running," released in August 2006 by O'Reilly Media
Benjamin Mako Hill and Jono Bacon, two lead authors of "The Official Ubuntu Book," released in August 2006 by Prentice Hall

In the Hot Titles area, users can navigate the latest titles in a variety of categories such as IT, Development, Creative, Business and Office Tools. There are opportunities to view content "at a glance," or take a deeper dive and interact with products and review content. For example, clicking on a title returns an overview of the book, a list of other relevant "Top Sellers," and a link to "Browse Similar Topics."

In This Month In Safari, readers can gain valuable insight into today's most important and emerging technology trends, and remain at the forefront of their peer community by tapping into features like "Title of the Month," "Topic of the Month," and "Search of the Month" which reveal the current IT issues and challenges facing the Safari community.

The home page of the new safaribooksonline.com focuses on customer solutions with specific sections for Safari's subscriber community of CIOs, CTOs and IT managers; learning managers; corporate librarians and individual subscribers. Each group has different needs from a learning platform that uniquely features vetted, searchable content across thousands of books, manuscripts, articles and training videos from the world's leading technology and business publishers. Self-selection opportunities ensure subscribers select the appropriate product for their needs.

The new safaribooksonline.com is the front door for the leading online learning platform for problem solving, research, professional development, skill enhancement and certification training; for the thought leaders and their work that distinguish Safari Books Online; and for Safari's range of B2B and B2C product mixes and pricing programs for every sized organization and individual users.

About Safari Books Online
Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), founded in 2001 as a joint venture of pre-eminent technology publishers O'Reilly Media Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, is the leading on-demand reference and learning platform delivering expert content from the world's thought-leaders in business and technology innovation. Safari offers the combined collections of O'Reilly Media, Addison-Wesley, Peachpit Press, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Sun Microsystems Press, Wharton School Publishing, Microsoft Press, lynda.com and many more top publishers in one fully searchable database. IT professionals, software developers, web designers, and business and creative professionals use Safari as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning and certification training. Thousands of books, manuscripts, short topics, articles and instructional video are available from expert authors, innovators and thought leaders. Safari as an essential, always-on business tool is fast changing the way corporate, academic and training organizations access information and enables increasingly mobile workforces to get technical and business reference resources anytime and from anywhere. Safari offers a range of B2B product mixes and pricing programs for every sized organization and a B2C product option for individual users.