Readers everywhere now have the opportunity to get an exclusive sneak peak into the latest books covering new technologies with Safari's(R) Rough Cuts service. Launched today by Safari(R) Books Online, LLC, a joint venture between technology publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, a division of Pearson plc (NYSE:PSO), the beta version of the new Rough Cuts service gives readers online access to works-in-progress, before they're published as print books. Four O'Reilly titles are available now, and up to eight additional Rough Cuts books from both O'Reilly and Pearson Technology Group will be added in the first quarter of 2006. The inaugural Rough Cuts titles share a focus on hot emerging technologies: Ajax Hacks, Flickr Hacks, Ruby on Rails: Up and Running, and Ruby Cookbook. Among many titles coming from Pearson Technology Group this quarter are: Macs on the Go, Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2, Secrets of Videoblogging, Imagination Challenge and ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed. Safari Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com) is a joint venture between O'Reilly Media, Inc., and the Pearson Technology Group. Safari's flagship service, Safari Tech Books Online, is the premier electronic reference library for programming and IT departments. Unlike an online bookstore, Safari is a fully searchable database of the electronic versions of books from O'Reilly and Pearson'...

Safari(R) Books Online Launches New Rough Cuts Service; Readers Get Early Access to Works-in-Progress on Cutting-Edge Technologies Before Books Are Published