Safari Books Online
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| Parent company | O'Reilly Media and Pearson Technology Group |
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| Status | Active |
| Founded | February 2001 |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Headquarters location | Sebastopol, CA |
| Distribution | worldwide |
| Publication types | digital books |
| Official website | safaribooksonline.com |
Safari Books Online LLC is a digital library founded in July 2001 and headquartered in Sebastopol, CA with offices in Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA. It is a joint venture between O'Reilly Media and the Pearson Technology Group.
Safari's main product is a subscription-based, digital library[1] that includes books, videos, short form content ("Short Cuts"), and evolving manuscripts ("Rough Cuts") from O'Reilly Media and other publishers including Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall, Peachpit, John Wiley & Sons,[2] Microsoft Press, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Manning Publications[3], Packt,[4] SAS Publishing, IBM Press, FT Press and Focal Press.
Safari has two subscription plans. The first, Safari Bookshelf, allows a limited number of books and pages a month. The number of books and pages vary depending on plan preferences. The second plan, Safari Library, gives user unlimited access to all books and other materials in the library.
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- ^ Tim Warner (8 July 2008). "Introduction to Safari Books Online". InformIT. http://www.informit.com/blogs/blog.aspx?uk=An-Introduction-to-Safari-Books-Online. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Wiley Joins Safari Books Online". Bookseller And Publisher Online. 6 November 2007. http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/blogentries/2007/11/06068/. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Safari Books Online Adds Manning Publications". EContent. Information Today. 22 July 2008. http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=50012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "Packt Publishing adds books to Safari Books Online". Packt Publishing. 27 March 2008. http://www.packtpub.com/article/safari-adds-packt-ebooks-to-digital-library. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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