Just to share with you what annoys me with some text books out there: audio CDs come with the book and are in a little plastic pouch attached to the inside cover. I �ve lost so many of those as they �ve slipped out or I �ve forgotten to put it back (or one of my colleagues)! And then, of course, you have to buy a new book because you can �t get the CD separately. From now on, I �m going to copy all of my school �s CDs on my computer to have a backup copy! I just realised I �ve lost two ESOL CDs in a matter of days! 

 

I completely understand how it feels to lose something which is of great help..

 

I think the companies can provide two copies so that one can be preserved and used as a back up when required.

 

Also, you can have the content copied on your system or on a CD... That should help !

 

Above all, I think the manufacturing compines should come up with language toolkits which can support the CDs and other material  safely.

I had the same problem last year with a class CD for one of my McMillan books and when I sent them an email and explained the problem they not only replaced it, but sent me a whole set of McMillan readers when I complained that the Customer service person on the phone had refused to help me.