SEBASTOPOL, Calif. – Dec. 6, 2011 – Safari® Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the leading on-demand digital library for technology, digital media and business professionals, today announced that it is a finalist in two categories of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards 2012: Best Consumer Information Resource and Best Online Science or Technology Service.

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement across the software, digital information and education technology industries. Nominated products undergo an intensive review by subject matter experts, analysts, journalists and other respected authorities in education technology.

“2011 has been an exciting year for Safari Books Online with impressive growth, new product innovations, and exciting new company directions, so we are very excited to extend that momentum into 2012 as a finalist in two CODiE categories,” said Paige Mazzoni, VP of Marketing, Safari Books Online. “We appreciate the judges who took the time to try out our service and understand its benefits for both consumers and businesses.”

SIIA members can vote on their favorite companies in each CODiE category until Dec. 23. Finalists in each category can be found here. Winners of each category will be named at the Information Industry Summit on Jan. 24 in New York City.  

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 O’Reilly Media, Prentice Hall Professional, Addison-Wesley Professional, Microsoft Press, Sams, Que, Peachpit Press, Focal Press, Cisco Press, John Wiley & Sons, Syngress, Morgan Kaufmann, IBM Redbooks, Packt, Adobe Press, FT Press, Apress, Manning, New Riders, McGraw-Hill, Jones & Bartlett, Course Technology and dozens more. For more information about Safari Books Online, please visit us online.

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