Digital text has a number of advantages over the traditional paper volumes. CD-ROMs are compact, easy to store and ship. CD-ROMs can be produced `on-demand' thus reducing the initial printing and inventory costs. Digital text can be searched for keywords or phrases thus enhancing the value of a book as a research tool. Digital text can be manipulated, edited, extracted for quotation and used for notes. Topical and textual comparisons can be carried out over a number of volumes with ease and speed. Features of our CD-Books Arctic Discovery Volumes are scanned at High Resolution (600 DPI) from the original books. The electronic files are processed through several stages to produce a final product, an ADOBE ACROBAT PDF file. The text from each page is carefully edited to ensure fidelity to the original manuscript. The images of the original pages are linked to the text pages for verification. The complete text is indexed using ACROBAT CATALOG thus allowing fast search on any words. The illustrations are also scanned at 600 DPI and preserved on CD at two resolutions. The original 600 DPI images are used for printing reproductions and examining the details. Lower resolution (96 DPI) images are linked to the text and can be retrieved quickly during the reading of the book.