Most information products—such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and medical references—still come packaged as paper. The massive storage capacity of CD-ROM, coupled with the advanced graphic and audio capabilities of Windows with Multimedia, offers opportunities for innovative information products.
For example, Microsoft now offers Bookshelf for Windows, a complete set of reference resources including The American Heritage Dictionary, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and the U.S. ZIP Code Directory. Bookshelf for Windows includes the text for these and other popular reference works, and it also provides animations, audio, and high-quality graphics.