Safari Books Buys Threepress, Forges Ahead In Digital Publishing Jungle | Xconomy
Summary
The news is that Safari Books Online, a joint venture between O’Reilly Media and Pearson Education, is acquiring Threepress, a Boston-area software and consulting shop specializing in tools for digital publishing. Safari (not to be confused with the Apple browser) provides an on-demand digital library of thousands of books and videos on software, IT, professional development, and other techie and business topics. As part of the Threepress acquisition, Safari is planning to move into a new office space in Boston that will have about 10 employees. “I expect we’ll be hiring in Boston, especially on the technology side.” Threepress is a profitable, four-person tech shop founded by Web developer Liza Daly in 2008. Daly previously worked at Digitas and iFactory, and she originally started Threepress to do consulting and build tools for academic publishers and websites.
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