Safari Books Online Offers Limited-Time Free “Open House” to Test Drive New and Improved Version Release

NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Safari Books Online, the leading on-demand digital library for technology, digital media, and business professionals, has launched an “Open House,” inviting users to test out the new and improved version of Safari Books Online free of charge.

“Safari Books Online’s 6.0 release is packed with new features that allow you to save time, learn more, and save money. Now is the time to start your no strings attached Safari Books Online trial”

Safari Books Online version 6.0 features major product advancements, including an interactive reading experience; better organization of content; new community and collaboration features; enhanced search functionality; and added technology, digital media and business books, and videos.

Safari Books Online 6.0 Open House Details:

Who: Safari Books Online (a fully searchable library available at one’s fingertips)

What: Limited-Time FREE Trial Run of Newest Version Release (6.0)

When: Now (for a limited-time only)

Where: Users can subscribe to the free Safari Books Online trial offer at the below link. A user account is required.

http://www.safaribooksonline.com/informit/openhouse

“Safari Books Online’s 6.0 release is packed with new features that allow you to save time, learn more, and save money. Now is the time to start your no strings attached Safari Books Online trial,” said Paige Mazzoni, VP of marketing for Safari Books Online.

Readers can learn more about the enhanced Safari Books 6.0 usability and functionality in the launch announcement here (http://tinyurl.com/yllzme3)

Highlights include:

• Access 8,500 Books & Videos
  Enjoy unlimited online access to more than 8,500 books and videos from the world's leading publishers, including Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall, Sams, Cisco Press, O'Reilly Media, Apress, Manning, Total Training, PeepCode and more.
• Search Multiple Sources on One Platform
  Quickly search across the entire library to pinpoint just the information you need. Save your favorite searches as folders that automatically update as new information is added.
• Read Books Before They are Published
  Be the first to learn about cutting edge topics. With Rough Cuts content, read pre-publication manuscripts and interact with the authors (not available during trial).
• Organize Your Favorites
  Create your own Favorites Folders for the books and videos you use the most. Drag and drop titles into folders. Build your own custom digital library within Safari Books Online.
• Use Time-Saving Tools
  Rate and review books, attach notes, assign tags, highlight sections and bookmark pages of books as you read them. Search across your highlights, notes, and tags or even build and print custom summaries.
• Get Information Where You Need It
  Read mobile-friendly books directly from supported cell phones and mobile devices. Receive five free download tokens per month to download chapters or full books to print or read offline (not available during trial).

About Safari Books Online

Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com) is an on-demand digital library that delivers expert content in both book and video form from the world’s leading authors in technology and business. Technology professionals, software developers, Web designers, and business and creative professionals use Safari Books Online as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning and certification training. Safari Books Online offers a range of product mixes and pricing programs for organizations, government agencies and individuals. Subscribers have access to thousands of books, training videos and prepublication manuscripts in one fully searchable database from publishers like Cisco Press, Prentice Hall Professional, O'Reilly Media, Addison Wesley Professional, Microsoft Press, Sams, Que, Peachpit Press, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, IBM Press, Adobe Press, Sun Microsystems Press, FT Press, Wharton School Publishing, Apress, Manning, New Riders, Apple Certified, Course Technology, Splash Media and dozens more. For more information about Safari Books Online, please visit us online.

About Pearson

The global leader in educational and professional publishing, Pearson is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which have as their online publishing arm InformIT (www.informit.com) -The Trusted Technology Learning Source. In addition, Berkeley-based Peachpit (www.peachpit.com), the publishing partner for Adobe Press, Apple Certified, and others, publishes best-selling books for creative design professionals. Pearson is also co-founder, with O'Reilly Media Inc., of Safari Books Online (http://safari.informit.com), the premier on-demand technology content library providing thousands of expert reference materials through a single point of contact, including expert technology, creative and design, industry and management resources in video, audio and written formats. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.