Safari Bucks Industry Ebook Trend

摘要

Safari Books Online, a joint venture between technology book publishing giants O'Reilly and Pearson Technologies, has managed to succeed in the ebook market where so many others have failed. Rather than cutting a wide swath, the company focuses on targeting specific markets where users need quick access to accurate technology information. Safari Books offers an individual subscription service for $14.99 or $19.99 per month (corporate and library subscriber prices vary) to access the full text of books from publishers such as O'Reilly, Que, Sams, Microsoft Press, New Riders, Peachpit, and other top names in the computer book industry. The system works like an electronic library. After conducting a search, subscribers can download and then view the entire book, with privileges to add a certain number of books each month and place them on an electronic bookshelf with the total number of downloads dependent upon the subscription level.