SEBASTOPOL, Calif., September 27, 2006 - Safari(r) Books Online, a joint
venture of O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, today
introduces Safari Library, an online searchable reference library service
that provides unlimited access to all technical books available on Safari
Books Online. Safari Books Online currently includes more than 4,000 books
from leading technical and business publishers O'Reilly Media, Pearson
Technology Group, and others.
Safari Library makes it easy for technical professionals to locate the
information they need, whether it is a quick answer to a programming
question or an in-depth study of a design issue. With an online searchable
reference library of vetted information across thousands of books with no
access restrictions, Safari Library improves productivity and provides the
training that professionals and organizations need to advance themselves.
Safari Library also includes access to Safari Books Online's Rough Cuts
service, which features books in progress about hot topics that
professionals need and can access now, rather than having to wait for
several months for a book to go through editing and other processes
required for formal publication.
"Safari Books Online has been leading the online publishing industry since
2001 with a bookshelf model that specified the number of books users could
access from the library each month. Safari Library is the next step in
maintaining our leadership and extending our service to support the current
needs of our customers," said Debra Woods, VP Marketing of Safari Books
Online.
Safari Books Online understands that users occasionally need or prefer to
access books offline while they are traveling or otherwise away from an
Internet connection. To support this need, Safari Library includes five
chapter download tokens per month and a 35-percent discount on print-book
purchases.
Safari Books Online is offering charter subscription rates for Safari
Library of $39.99 per month or $439.99 per year, guaranteed for life, for
users who subscribe by February 28, 2007.
About Safari Books Online (http://my.safaribooksonline.com) is a joint venture of
O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Education. Safari's flagship service,
Safari Library, is the premier electronic reference library for programmers,
IT professionals and web designers. Unlike an online bookstore, Safari is a
fully searchable database of the electronic versions of books from O'Reilly
and Pearson's many imprints: Addison-Wesley Professional, Adobe Press,
Cisco Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Sun
Microsystems Press, Que, and Sams. Safari's portfolio includes these
additional electronic reference libraries: Safari HelpDesk Online for
enterprise knowledge workers, Safari Business Books Online for business
professionals and Safari Enterprise Library for enterprise licenses.
Media Contact:
Todd Lane
Graham & Associates
415-986-7212
tlane[at]graham-associates.com