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=Summary=
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Safari Books Online is a digital library that includes books on a wide rage of technical and professional development needs, video content, short form content and evolving manuscripts.
 
=How to get a license=
* '''Paid Contributors''' sign up on [https://mozilla.service-now.com/ Service Now].
**1. Go to category Software Request and click on Software Applications
**2. Go to category Other Applications and click Safari Books Online
**3. Fill out fields and a confirmation will be sent with 5 days.
 
* '''Volunteer Contributors''' file a bug under [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Community%20Tools&component=Rosetta%20Stone Community Tools].
**1. In the Component field select Safari Books.
**2. In cc line add: dianderson@mozilla.com
**3. In Summary line write License for Volunteer Contributor.
**4. In Description, indicate the name and e-mail you want to use for initial sign up. You can always change later.
 
=How to use your Safari Books Online account=
* Watch this [http://popcorn.webmadecontent.org/119t PopCorn overview] made by Safari Books Online Senior Account Executive, and Mozilla enthusiast, Brian Geller.
* Watch this [https://komal-gandhi.makes.org/popcorn/16hj PopCorn demonstration] made by Safari Books Online Team member, Komal Gandhi.
==Request a Book==
If you don't see a title you're looking for, you can use [http://support.safaribooksonline.com/suggest this link] to request it.
 
=Usage and Deactivation=
* '''Usage:''' Your Safari Online Books license is valid for 1 year from the date you sign up, unless Mozilla terminates its contract with this vendor. We encourage you to use Safari Books as much as possible when needed. Since this is an on-demand learning service, we cannot set strict guidelines on usage based on frequency of activity.
* '''Deactivation:''' Automatic deactivation will only happen if upon renewal of yearly contract with Safari Books Online, the user has not logged on in the past yearly cycle. If you find your account was deactivated following this protocol, please sign up for a new account again. 
 
=Relaunch Efforts of 2013=
* The People Team has partnered with the Mozilla Reps to ensure that our volunteer contributors have the same benefits as our paid contributors (employees).
* The Safari Books Team will place a strong emphasis on the social learning aspect of the resource in order to supplement Mozilla's strong community of learning.
 
=FAQ=
 
== How do Kindle users download a book to read? ==
 
The Kindle can display a number of different file formats:
“The fourth/fifth generation Kindles, Kindle Touch, Kindle Touch 3G, and Kindle Paperwhite can display AZW, TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, and PRC files natively. HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP are usable through conversion. ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#File_formats])
 
Safari Books offered three formats for the e-book that I wanted to download: PDF, MOBI and ePub. Of these MOBI seems to be the best option.  MOBI and ePub are reflowable and richly formatted whereas PDF is fixed layout. ePub appears unsupported on the Kindle though it sounds like there are conversion programs out there.
 
I searched for and found the book I wanted to read, clicked “Download”, then selected the .MOBI format. NOTE: Not all e-books are downloadable. Then I plugged my Kindle into my computer, found the MOBI file I had downloaded and moved the it into the Kindle “Documents” folder. I turned on my Kindle and there was the book on my local device ready to read.
 
Context: I had already signed up for an account through ServiceNow. This info was gleaned from using a Mac and a 1st gen Kindle Paperwhite to download and display “JavaScript: The Good Parts” by Douglas Crockford, 2008 edition, [http://techbus.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/javascript/9780596517748?bookview=overview].
 
=Team Safari Books Online=
* Dino Anderson (driver) - I work on organizational development and cultural capital projects. My role on this team is to oversee the impact of this resource on Mozilla's community.
* Lukas Blakk (consultant) -
* Lulu Castillo -
* Komal Gandhi -
* Brian Geller -
* Michael Hoye (consultant) -
* Regnard Raquedan (Reps driver) -

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