You have to do a lot of damage to a CD to really ruin it these days, my brother used to get some out of cars on the way to the junk yard form the yard where he works driving a tow truck and some of them are kind of scratched and banged up and it takes a lot to make a CD officially ruined. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:48 PM Subject: Re: Audiobooks on CD > Terri, > > Are you quite sure they are ruined? Cd's have their weaknesses but, as > someone who grew up with vinyl, they're more durable than some other > media. > Have you tried playing them and if they don't play, have you tried > cleaning > them? Seems to me you'd really have to damage a CD physically to get it > to > the point where it won't play. Lou----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:36 PM > Subject: Audiobooks on CD > > >> Hi, List, >> >> I feel embarrassed, but I would like to ask a question and I hope people >> don't criticize me too much. >> >> I received two audiobooks on CD and I accidentally ruined the CDs. I >> touched the cds where I'm not supposed to. >> >> My question is: if you are looking at a new audiobook and no sighted >> person >> is around, what's the best way to handle the discs? Each publisher has >> their own way of packing the books. For example, one of the books packs >> them into a box that folds out like an accordion and the cds are >> partially >> covered by a paper slot. Another book places some of the cds like stair >> steps and the cds are very close together. Still another packs the cds >> sideways and they look like pages in a book with a cd in a slot on each >> side >> of the page. Still another publisher places the CDS in a big box bottom >> side up! >> >> I don't want to accidentally ruin anything more. Boy, do I hate CDs! >> They're so fragile! I wish people would use a medium like CompactFlash >> cards or SD cards, but that wouldn't be as cost-effective. >> >> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.