Safari Books Online
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| Parent company | O'Reilly Media |
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| Status | Active |
| Founded | February 2001 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Sebastopol, California |
| Distribution | worldwide |
| Publication types | digital books |
| Official website | safaribooksonline |
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Safari Books Online LLC is a digital library founded in July 2000 and headquartered in Sebastopol, California, with offices in Boston and Scottsdale. Safari characterizes itself as a "platform for technology and business learning".[1]
Safari Books Online originated in 2001 as a joint venture between O'Reilly Media and the Pearson Technology Group. In 2014[2] O'Reilly Media acquired Pearson's stake, making Safari Books Online a wholly owned subsidiary of O'Reilly Media.
Safari's main product is a subscription-based, digital library[3] that includes books, videos, short-form content ("Short Cuts"), and evolving manuscripts ("Rough Cuts") from O'Reilly Media and from other publishers, including Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall, Springer Nature, Peachpit, John Wiley & Sons,[4] Microsoft Press, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, Manning Publications,[5] Packt,[6] SAS Publishing, IBM Press, FT Press and Focal Press.
Safari has a variety of subscription plans for individuals and institutions.
Professional Societies like the ACM provide access as part of their membership benefits and offer discounts for full subscriptions.[7]
Safari purchased PubFactory's Electronic Platform, an electronic publishing platform, from RDW Group in 2012.[8]
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"Safari Acquires Technology Leadership Training Company Popforms". PR Newswire. PR Newswire Association LLC. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
Safari, the leading global platform for technology and business learning, announced today the purchase of the assets of Popforms, a creator of courses and tools supporting technical leaders looking to advance in their careers.
- ↑ "O'Reilly purchases Pearson's stake in Safari". O'Reilly Media. 4 August 2014.
- ↑ Tim Warner (8 July 2008). "Introduction to Safari Books Online". InformIT. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ↑ "Wiley Joins Safari Books Online". Bookseller And Publisher Online. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ↑ "Safari Books Online Adds Manning Publications". EContent. Information Today. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ↑ "Packt Publishing adds books to Safari Books Online". Packt Publishing. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ ACM Learning Center
- ↑ Heim, Anna (3 January 2013). "Digital publisher Safari Books Online buys PubFactory's Electronic Platform". TNW News. The Next Web. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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