Sebastopol, CA - July 20, 2009
Safari® Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the leading on-demand digital library for technology, creative and business professionals, announced today that it took top honors in the Best Online Books category in The Code Project First Annual Members Choice Awards. The Code Project is one of the world's largest online developer communities, and the member awards went to the companies that possessed superior development products and tools.

Members were asked to rate their favorite companies at catalog.codeproject.com. The Code Project staff then compiled the highest rated listings, awarding the top spot to the highest ranked in each product category. The results reflect actual perceptions of what developers value in an online tool or resource. Each codeproject.com member decides which companies or products deserve recognition, based on in-the-field experience.

"Safari Books Online is very pleased to accept the Members Choice Award from The Code Project," said Paige Mazzoni, vice president of marketing, Safari Books Online. "This award means a lot because of the validation it gives us by developers who actually use our library and our online books, videos and resources. When these users recognize our company's efforts and product delivery as the top in the industry, it means they find real value in what we do."

About The Code Project

The Code Project is one of the largest development communities in the world, comprised of involved professional developers, development managers, and architects. An industry-leading community since 1999, The Code Project has reached over six million registered members since its inception. Developers worldwide contribute quality, how-to articles about all aspects of development, including Windows, web and server projects. Over 3.4 million developers visit the site each month to access its lively discussion boards and more than 23,000 articles, complete with source code and examples. www.codeproject.com.

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

Safari Books Online
Paige Mazzoni / Rose St. Clair » (707) 827.4100
rstclair@safarijv.com
or
Rocket Science
Rich Mullikin » (415) 464.8110 x 216
rich@rocketscience.com