Textbook alternative.

O'Reilly Media and Pearson Technology Group have introduced SafariU, a new web platform for publishing custom textbooks and building course materials online. With SafariU, users can build custom textbooks using content from PTG and O'Reilly books, along with other materials they choose. Students, in turn, get online access to these course materials, including the contents of every book excerpted in the custom book. Through SafariU's Learning Object Exchange, users have free access to all the learning objects created by their peers around the world. SafariU is offered to professors free of charge. For more information, visit www.safariu.com.

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