The Taunton Press: CD Services Case Study

The Best of Fine Homebuilding

Fine Homebuilding product box and a discIf you’re a Taunton reader, you have a passion for creative activities that enrich your life. You search enthusiastically for information that will help you pursue your interests at a deeper level.

For 25 years, the Taunton Press has made it their mission to provide such information and insight.

The first edition of the Best of Fine Homebuilding on CD-ROM delivered immediate access to more than 600 of the most significant articles from the first 21 years of the magazine’s publication.

This first-of-its-kind CD collection included invaluable material from out-of-print issues, as well as tips from the popular Tips & Techniques column going back to its debut in 1981.

Taunton’s Best of Fine Homebuilding CD-ROM (1st edition) includes…

  • Timeless information, including popular out-of-print articles
  • All the invaluable tips from Tips & Techniques, our most popular column
  • Articles as they originally appeared in the magazine and in a printer-friendly format
  • Full-text search capability to locate the exact information you want in seconds
  • A portable reference that’s PC and Mac compatible

The Best of Fine Woodworking

Fine Wood Working product box and a discIf you’re a Taunton reader, you have a passion for creative activities that enrich your life. You search enthusiastically for information that will help you pursue your interests at a deeper level.

For 25 years, the Taunton Press has made it their mission to provide such information and insight.

The first edition of the Best of Fine Woodworking CD-ROM delivered fast, immediate access to more than 600 of the most significant articles from the past 27 years of publication – the most complete library of authoritative woodworking information anywhere.

The CD-ROM includes timeless information from out-of-print-issues plus invaluable tips from Methods of Work, their most popular column, going back to its debut in 1976.
PC and MAC compatible, the CD-ROM ‘s is fully indexed and full-text search capable. Users can locate the exact information they want — plus related material — in seconds. The popular Adobe Acrobat PDF format allows users to read the articles onscreen as they originally appeared in the magazine, or print out each article for reference or shopwork.
The first edition was such a success, Taunton elected to produce a 2nd edition themselves.