For us at Whole Earth the attractions of CD–ROM were multiplying. First was the lure of exploring a new medium. We had pioneered “desktop publishing” fifteen years before most of the world, and we yearned for the old freedom of working in a form not yet burdened by accepted practices. Then came the size problems. That 5 1/2 pound Next Whole Earth Catalog showed us we couldn’t get any larger in print. It made a dent in your chest to read in bed. But cutting out good stuff — good products, good quotes from books and magazines, intriguing side issues — grieved us constantly. In CD–ROM we found a medium which was both larger and smaller in just the right ways. We could jam in all the good stuff, and the “book” would fit in a jacket pocket.
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ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES & EVOLUTION THROUGH THE AGES