SEBASTOPOL, Calif. - April 5, 2010
Safari™ Books Online today unveiled an exciting new Web portal specifically tailored to the unique needs of creative professionals and enthusiasts. The site, Creative Edge™ (www.creativeedge.com), provides designers, illustrators, digital photographers and other creative professionals with unlimited, fully-searchable online access to instructional videos, reference books and training courses.

Creative Edge is an on-demand collection of thousands of digital videos and books, including exclusive access to the creative works of Peachpit Press, New Riders, O’Reilly Media, Sams, Que, Rocky Nook, John Wiley & Sons, Course Technology PTR, Microsoft Press, Focal Press, Total Training, VTC, Class on Demand, Talented Pixie and Adobe Press. Creative Edge offers unlimited online access to these resources—plus all supplemental materials, example files and other extras—for one fixed monthly price of $24.99. Subscribers can quickly find the information they need by searching across the full collection through a powerful but simple search function.

The clean user interface at Creative Edge was designed specifically for creative professionals and enthusiasts to use as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning and certification training—and inspiration.

"The Creative Edge collection of learning tools is more comprehensive than anything else available today, thanks to our exclusive publisher relationships," said John Chodacki, product director for Creative Edge. "To help people quickly find the information they need, we provide sophisticated search tools and technology designed to pinpoint even the most specific detail. You can search by subject, software brand, or software type for the latest book, or browse for instructional videos for a quick refresher. Then, you can personalize all the content you find through notes, tags, bookmarks, highlighting. We also provide our subscribers with on-demand, on-the-go training. You can study, work and create from wherever you are with Creative Edge."

In addition to offering a diverse collection of videos and books, Creative Edge also offers powerful personalization tools like tagging, highlighting, bookmarking, and the ability to search by tags and pull up information from multiple sources. Users can even create and print their own summary documents and can access content directly from any browser-equipped cell phone or mobile device.

About Creative Edge

Creative Edge (www.CreativeEdge.com) is an online collection of videos and books from the world’s leading authors. Web designers, graphic designers, photographers and other creative professionals use Creative Edge as their primary resource for research, problem solving, learning and certification training. Creative enthusiasts use the service to expand their knowledge on a variety of topics or to learn new skills. Creative Edge offers a straightforward pricing model and unlimited use of all online content.

Members have access to thousands of training videos, books and prepublication manuscripts in one fully searchable database from publishers like Peachpit Press, New Riders, O’Reilly Media, Rocky Nook, John Wiley & Sons, Course Technology PTR, Microsoft Press, Focal Press, Total Training, VTC, Class on Demand, Talented Pixie and Adobe Press. For more information about Creative Edge, please visit us online at www.CreativeEdge.com.

Creative Edge is a product of Safari Books Online and all services are delivered by Safari Books Online, LLC.

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, FT Press, Apress, Manning, New Riders, Apple Certified, Course Technology, Splash Media and dozens more. For more information about Safari Books Online, please visit us online.

Contacts

Creative Edge
Paige Mazzoni / Rose St. Clair » (707) 827.4100
rstclair@safaribooksonline.com
or
Rocket Science, for Creative Edge
Rich Mullikin » (415) 464.8110 x 216
rich@rocketscience.com