SEBASTOPOL, Calif. - March 1, 2010
Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the leading on-demand digital library for technology, digital media and business professionals, announced today that its 2010 Webcast Series is off to a good start. The webcast series is designed to provide technology, digital media and business professionals with a wide range of information that will help them in their professional life.

Webcasts for March, April and May include:

• Tuesday, March 2, 10 a.m. PT
  The Sustainable Network – by Author Sarah Sorensen
• Thursday, March 18, 10 a.m. PT
  Cocoa Programming – by Author David Chisnall
• Tuesday, April 6, 10 a.m. PT
  Black Belt Joomla! to Power Successful Websites – by Author Barrie North
• Wednesday, April 28, 10 a.m. PT
  Do What You Love – by Author Paula Caligiuri
• Wednesday, May 26, 10 a.m. PT
  Excel 2010 In Depth– by Author Bill Jelen

Offered to anyone who wants to attend, including Safari Books Online subscribers and community members, these free 60-minute webcasts are carefully selected to meet the needs of the Safari Books Online community. Authors, closely involved in the webcasts’ creation and delivery, present information that will enable participants to make a positive impact on their work, project, or hobby.

Anyone can register for one or more of these complimentary webcasts by visiting: http://bit.ly/bYXSqM. Autographed copies of the book that is being discussed will be given away to 10 attendees and every webcast participant will receive 45 days of complimentary access to the book on Safari Books Online.

"Our webcasts deliver tangible knowledge to our participants and help to promote the works of authors who are at the top of their profession," said Robyn Smith, marketing operations manager, Safari Books Online.

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.

About Pearson

The global leader in education and education technology, Pearson is home to such respected brands as Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, Exam Cram, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, and Sams Publishing, which have as their online publishing arm InformIT (www.informit.com) - The Trusted Technology Learning Source. In addition, Berkeley-based Peachpit (www.peachpit.com), the publishing partner for Adobe Press, Apple Certified, and others, publishes best-selling books for creative design professionals. Pearson is also co-founder, with O'Reilly Media Inc., of Safari Books Online (http://safari.informit.com), the premier on-demand technology content library providing thousands of expert reference materials through a single point of contact, including expert technology, creative and design, industry and management resources in video, audio and written formats. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

About O'Reilly

O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.