Safari Books Online is available to individual subscribers. Whether you are a technology professional, a web designer or programmer, a graphic designer or a business manager, Safari Books Online has content that can help you sharpen your skills and expand your knowledge.Â
- Solve problems quickly with comprehensive and relevant answers from
a rich collection of expert books and videos.
- Develop skills with expert instruction on a wide variety of topics using mixed media content resources like training video and graphically rich book content.
- Research the comprehensive technical, creative, business and personal growth resources of Safari Books Online to expand your business and personal knowledge.
Safari Library for Individuals
Safari Library gives you instant access to Safari Books Online’s entire collection of technology and creative professional content, including instructional video on everything from CS4 to Podcast training. Learn from expert materials from leading publishers like O’Reilly Media, Apress, Manning, Peachpit Press, New Riders, Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall, Microsoft Press, Adobe Press and John Wiley and Sons.
Services you receive when you subscribe to Safari Library:Â
Immediate access to newly published books. Approximately 80 titles are added to Safari Books Online each month in conjunction with or in advance or their print publication.
- Use our sophisticated search capability to pinpoint the information you need in seconds.
- Download chapters or whole book PDFs.
- Gain access to Rough Cuts, pre-published manuscripts on emerging technologies. With Rough Cuts, you have the ability to read the
book before it is final and provide feedback to the author in an interactive manner.
- Learn from premier design and development videos from training
experts like Talented Pixie, Splash Media and others.
- See other users’ reviews and ratings on books and videos.
- Study with certification guides from Cisco Press, SAS Publishing,
Microsoft Press and more.
- Highlight text and attach a note to that text.
- Print your notes and highlights in a custom summary.
- Cut and paste code directly from Safari Books Online. Save time
and eliminate errors.
- Organize your favorite books and videos into folders that you create and name.
- Receive a discount of up to 35% on participating publishers’ hard
copy books.Â

Safari Bookshelf for Individuals
Safari Bookshelf provides you with access to all the material included in the Safari Library through our sophisticated search capability, with 10 bookshelf slots available per month for reading the books you choose to use first.
Your full access also includes the ability to:
- Cut and paste code.
- Download up to five chapters per month.
- Receive a discount of up to 35% on participating publishers' hard
copy books.
Note about Terms of Use
Your Safari Books Online subscription is for your personal use only. Under the Safari Terms of Use,
users are not allowed to share user names, passwords or accounts. In order to access Safari’s services,
you must have your own user name and password assigned by your account administrator. If you do
not have a user name or password, please contact your corporate account administrator in order to
obtain one. Failure to follow this term of use could unfortunately result in the suspension or termination of your account. Thank you for your compliance.