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What type of content does O’Reilly offer?
Our learning platform offers multiple content formats including:
- Books: 60K+ titles from O’Reilly and nearly 200 trusted publishers
- Early release titles: Access to O’Reilly books in progress, so you get an author’s insights before they’re available to the general public
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- Videos: 30K+ hours of instructor-led courses and other on-demand recordings
- Live events: Live online courses, conversations with experts, Superstream virtual tech conferences, and more
- Interactive learning: Labs and sandboxes to learn by doing
- Practice tests: Interactive tests offer a smarter way to get ready for your certification exam (learn more)
- Articles and shortcuts: Short-form text and video content to quickly learn something new and develop skills (Most can be completed in under 15 minutes.)
And you can find the following expert-curated content collections:
- Certification guides: Complete sets of materials you’ll need to help you prepare for the industry’s most sought-after certifications—including official prep materials from the vendors themselves. You’ll find a variety of content formats like self-paced books, instructor-led videos, and interactive practice tests.
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Are there any additional costs for live events?
If you’re an O’Reilly subscriber, all live events are included in your membership at no additional cost. If you don’t have an O’Reilly membership, you can purchase a seat to many of our live events here.
How do I join a live event?
There are a few different ways you can join an event:
- Home page: In the 15 minutes before the course is due to start, a pop-up will appear on your home page with a link to join.
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What happens if I miss a live event?
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How do I access a live event recording?
You’ll receive an email with a recording of the live event you registered for within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You can also find these recordings on the live events page and your profile page under Your Recordings.
How do cloud labs work?
Cloud labs take you through steps to complete a task within a secure sandbox environment, with no additional costs or test instances to clean up. Temporary user credentials are provided at lab start, and you log in to the account through an integrated CLI or through the cloud platform UI console.
When you complete or leave the lab, the user account session will end and all resources and associated data will be deleted within one hour of starting the lab.
Is there a time limit to read books on O’Reilly?
No, there’s no time limit to read books as long as you have an active O’Reilly subscription. The time shown next to a title isn’t a countdown or expiry—it’s simply an estimation of how long it will take you to complete it. All content available on the platform remains accessible throughout the duration of your subscription.
Can I request a title?
Titles on O’Reilly are provided by publishers at their discretion. Not all books are available due to licensing or resource limitations. If a title is from a nonpartner publisher, we’re not able to offer it on the platform.
Can I work with O’Reilly?
We’re always looking for new authors, speakers, and instructors. Learn more about submitting a proposal, including our guidelines, here.
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Does O’Reilly have audiobooks?
Yes, audiobooks are available to listen to on desktop and mobile. To find an audiobook, select the Audiobooks filter under Formats on our global search and skill pages.
Where can I find the exercise files for a book or video?
Books or videos that refer to working/exercise files will often mention the location of these files in a chapter at the beginning or end of the book, or in an early clip if it’s a video. You can also find these files in a GitHub link at the bottom of the title’s overview page under Resources > Supplemental Content.
If you can’t locate those files, please check the publisher’s website or get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to find them for you.
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