CD boom

There are now more than 9,500 CD-Rom titles worldwide, an annual growth rate forecast of around 50 per cent, according to the award-winning CD-Rom Directory 1995.Multimedia CDs account for per cent of all titles, mainly business, scientific and technical documents but publishers TFPL Ltd identify a trend to education, general reference, films and edutainment.The number of companies now exceeds 6,000 with Windows showing the most dramatic growth as platform choice. Further details from TFPL, phone 071 251 5522, email 100067.1560@compuserve.com and central@tfpl.demon.co.uk.