Safari Books Online, a US-based e-reference joint venture between publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced the addition of Web 2.0 community feature enhancements. These enhancements enable individual and corporate subscribers to engage authors through commenting, reply and e-mail alert functions as authors develop manuscripts on emerging technology topics, known as Rough Cuts. Safari Books Online developed these feature enhancements in a bid to bring subscribers closer to Rough Cuts authors who are pioneering new technology innovations and applications. Rough Cuts manuscripts typically become available four to six months prior to the book publication and are updated as editors and technical reviewers progress.
Since launching the Rough Cuts content format in January 2006 with four titles, Safari Books Online has increased the average number of titles that are available at any given time to more than 20 and expects this number to increase significantly in the coming year. Current Rough Cuts content spans technology, design and business topics. Subscribers can purchase access to a single Rough Cuts title online and in PDF download form. They can also pre-purchase the print book at a substantial discount, pay for the online-PDF-print book bundle, or become a Safari Library subscriber as an individual or through a corporate multi-user licence.
Safari Books Online provides Safari Library subscribers with access to Rough Cuts, as well as the ability to search, browse, download and view the full-text of other types of content within an exclusive content collection. The collection comprises more than 6,000 books, 14,000 articles, short-form content briefs known as Short Cuts, certification guides and instructional video from publishers including Pearson, John Wiley & Sons, O'Reilly Media and Microsoft Press.
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