Bring in the Digital Cheer with Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations CD-ROM.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1996-- Multicom Publishing Presents Consumers With Their First Digital Holiday Experience Multicom Publishing, Inc. (MNET MNET Munitions, New Equipment Training (US Army) MNET Mission and Data Directorate, Network ) today announced the release of Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations, a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). software program that kindles the spirit of the holiday season with multimedia and online access. Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations is packed with special holiday recipes, crafts, and decorating ideas. It also includes seamless on-line links to dozens more holiday resources on the Internet. "With the holiday season just around the corner, increasing family and social commitments can make life a little chaotic for the holiday host," said Tamara L. Attard, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of Multicom. "Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations provides consumers with numerous holiday decorating and cooking ideas to personalize per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. their homes for guests." "This CD-ROM adds an exciting new avenue for the practical holiday advice we've delivered for 75 years at Better Homes and Gardens magazine," said Jean LemMon, editor-in-chief. "Everything about this disk will put users in a holiday mood," she added. Holiday celebration planners are lead through more than one-hundred Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. , Christmas and New Year's recipes and projects. Each decorating project includes complete video instruction and printable print·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being printed or of producing a print: printable negatives. 2. Fit for publication: printable language. patterns. Cross-stitch projects include basic cross-stitch instruction on video, plus detailed printable charts. This section of the CD-ROM includes hundreds of full color, detailed photos, video presentations, audio instructions, materials lists and tips to make projects easier to create. The holiday menu planning section of Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations takes the stress out of organizing and preparing for holiday guests, with over 75 tantalizing tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. recipes from the experts at Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Using Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations disc to link online, users can access the most current online information from the World Wide Web, America Online See AOL. , and CompuServe. Access software is available free on the disc from America Online, AT&T, CompuServe and EarthLink. Once connected holiday navigators will be able to visit a variety of seasonal sites on the Web. Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations is available as a value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. book bundle, combining Better Homes and Gardens Cookies Cookies Cookies and the interactive CD-ROM in a single package. The book bundle is available at bookstores and software stores at an approximate street price of $24.95. As with all Multicom products, Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Celebrations comes with free customer support (206/343-5934) seven days a week. Multicom Publishing, Inc., founded in 1991, is an interactive multimedia company concentrating on new media products and services in the home/family/lifestyle category. Multicom has strategic relationships with major partners, along with a solid base of existing code and assets and experienced in-house development teams. The company's corporate headquarters are in Seattle, and its principal executive offices are in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Multicom's Web site can be located at http://www.multicom.com. -0- Note to Editors: Multicom is a trademark of Multicom Publishing. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective holders. CONTACT: Multicom Publishing Joan M. Murray, 415/777-5300 jmurray@multicom.com |
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