I use safari books a lot. There is a lot of information in all those books which is either not found online at all, or is very difficult to uncover/assemble. If google doesn't have my answer, safari most of the time does.<p>I hope they don't change it too much, as I quite like the service as it is.
They're lowering prices by 50% for the next day. Two interpretations:<p>-They want to take advantage of the publicity to sign up as many people as possible, hoping a decent percentage stay at the higher rate.<p>-They hypothesized the price was too high and are testing the effect of lowering it.<p>I suspect it's a latter with the former as a fallback benefit. Their most recent product change coincided with a 20% price decrease. O'Reilly wants to focus on making the best product possible, even if the higher expenses and lower prices mean reduced profitability in the near-term because he sees how huge this can be in the long-term if done right.<p>Pearson likely doubted the wisdom of short-term sacrifice which is how each side leaves feeling happy.
Sounds good to me.<p>I'm generally happy with Safari, have been a subscriber for many years, and consider it indispensable. On the other hand, I've faced nothing but disappointment and frustration with the Pearson operated sites I've been forced to interact with for school.<p>It's hard for me to imagine Pearson having any sort of positive influence on the product.