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> We started Safari Books Online as a joint venture with our biggest competitor ... If you do not know about Safari Books Online [1], do yourself a favor and c

> We started Safari Books Online as a joint venture with our biggest competitor ... If you do not know about Safari Books Online [1], do yourself a favor and check it out! You pay a smallish monthly fee, and get access to digitized books. Want to learn about XZY tech, just head over to Safari Books Online and read the latest and greatest books, pick the chapters you want, and move on. Most university libraries will have access agreements, so this will most likely be free, or ask your company about a corporate membership! I am not affiliated with them, just a very happy customer. This is the perfect use case for me, since I typically will read tech books only once, never looking at them again, and just google from that point on. [1] http://www.safaribooksonline.com/ http://www.safaribooksonline.com/

ebiester 13y ago
The problem is, they're not putting out the best books anymore, and I find myself going there less and less. Right now, I think I'd rather have access to Manning's titles, even though there aren't nearly as many. There's something that just... isn't there anymore with most of the oreilly books.
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- Stratoscope 13y ago
  Just checked and I see 173 Manning titles listed on Safari Books Online right now.
  - ebiester 13y ago
    I should say manning's MEAP program, of which I have been buying a few recently and don't believe make it to safari.
prezjordan 13y ago
Many schools (I go to a tiny tech school in Hoboken, NJ) offer subscriptions to their students. There's some pretty neat titles on there. Be sure to check if you're a college student.
radiowave 13y ago
I have the lowest priced account on this, and I probably don't use it all that much, but it's useful (especially when you're in support) as a kind of insurance policy for those times when someone goes, "One of these has stopped working - fix it", and your first thought is to reply, "What the hell is one of those?", and your second thought is, "I'd better find a book on whatever the hell one of those is."

ebiester 13y ago

The problem is, they're not putting out the best books anymore, and I find myself going there less and less. Right now, I think I'd rather have access to Manning's titles, even though there aren't nearly as many. There's something that just... isn't there anymore with most of the oreilly books.

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Stratoscope 13y ago
Just checked and I see 173 Manning titles listed on Safari Books Online right now.
- ebiester 13y ago
  I should say manning's MEAP program, of which I have been buying a few recently and don't believe make it to safari.

prezjordan 13y ago

Many schools (I go to a tiny tech school in Hoboken, NJ) offer subscriptions to their students. There's some pretty neat titles on there. Be sure to check if you're a college student.

radiowave 13y ago

I have the lowest priced account on this, and I probably don't use it all that much, but it's useful (especially when you're in support) as a kind of insurance policy for those times when someone goes, "One of these has stopped working - fix it", and your first thought is to reply, "What the hell is one of those?", and your second thought is, "I'd better find a book on whatever the hell one of those is."