I don't know how long this has been about but I've never heard of it before.
Anyhow, they've got something like 4500 books from a bunch of different publishers.
Here's a link to the site:
http://safari.oreilly.com
Here's a blurb about the service taken from the website:
Safari is the premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT pros. With Safari you can search across more than 4000 leading books simultaneously - to pinpoint just the information you need. Safari subscriptions start at $19.99 per month for a 10-slot Bookshelf plan. Or you can choose Safari Library, which gives you unlimited access to the entire Safari library at a special introductory price of $39.99 per month. Safari Library also includes Rough Cuts, early access to cutting edge books as they're being written.
You can compare both plans on the subscribe page.
Safari Features
Immediate access to the newest books - New books are added in conjunction with, or in advance of, their print publication.
Rough Cuts Online Access - Safari Library subscribers can view all Rough Cuts titles online. Rough Cuts bring you the book before it is published in print. Be one of the first to benefit from authors' cutting edge ideas on emerging technologies.
Chapter downloads - Download five chapters per month.
Cut and paste code - Cut and paste code directly from Safari. Save time. Eliminate errors.
Print Fidelity or HTML? Choose Your Viewing Mode - "Print Fidelity", now available for a growing number of titles, allows you to choose your preferred reading mode. Just the click of a button toggles between views for certain books that are offered in Print Fidelity view because they are page layout-intensive, such as O'Reilly's bestselling Head First series.
Save 35% on O'Reilly print books - Safari subscribers get 35% off O'Reilly print books. Any orders over $29.95 also qualify for free shipping in the US.
Laser-accurate search - Search the complete text of thousands of books simultaneously to quickly find the answers to your questions. Safari's guided search makes suggestions as you type.
$40 a month seems cheap to get access to all of that material, along with training videos and such.
Anyone actually use the service? If so, how do you rate it?
And, just out of curiosity, anyone know how long this service has been going? (edit: looks like it went into beta in January of 2005)
Anyhow, they've got something like 4500 books from a bunch of different publishers.
Here's a link to the site:
http://safari.oreilly.com
Here's a blurb about the service taken from the website:
Safari is the premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT pros. With Safari you can search across more than 4000 leading books simultaneously - to pinpoint just the information you need. Safari subscriptions start at $19.99 per month for a 10-slot Bookshelf plan. Or you can choose Safari Library, which gives you unlimited access to the entire Safari library at a special introductory price of $39.99 per month. Safari Library also includes Rough Cuts, early access to cutting edge books as they're being written.
You can compare both plans on the subscribe page.
Safari Features
Immediate access to the newest books - New books are added in conjunction with, or in advance of, their print publication.
Rough Cuts Online Access - Safari Library subscribers can view all Rough Cuts titles online. Rough Cuts bring you the book before it is published in print. Be one of the first to benefit from authors' cutting edge ideas on emerging technologies.
Chapter downloads - Download five chapters per month.
Cut and paste code - Cut and paste code directly from Safari. Save time. Eliminate errors.
Print Fidelity or HTML? Choose Your Viewing Mode - "Print Fidelity", now available for a growing number of titles, allows you to choose your preferred reading mode. Just the click of a button toggles between views for certain books that are offered in Print Fidelity view because they are page layout-intensive, such as O'Reilly's bestselling Head First series.
Save 35% on O'Reilly print books - Safari subscribers get 35% off O'Reilly print books. Any orders over $29.95 also qualify for free shipping in the US.
Laser-accurate search - Search the complete text of thousands of books simultaneously to quickly find the answers to your questions. Safari's guided search makes suggestions as you type.
$40 a month seems cheap to get access to all of that material, along with training videos and such.
Anyone actually use the service? If so, how do you rate it?
And, just out of curiosity, anyone know how long this service has been going? (edit: looks like it went into beta in January of 2005)