If your goal is, indeed, to convert your audio CDs to digital files, and make those files available on the Web, then this book might be a helpful place to get a fast start. What is discussed is often already out of date. The only skills you might learn are software-specific, and even the authors are no longer using some of the software they discuss. For example, they spend a whole long chapter decribing the details of Liquid Audio, but their actual Web site now uses mostly RealAudio and MPEG formats. To be honest, I didn't even feel compelled to check out the CD until after I finished the book.
Typographical errors result in confusion, and the flashy formatting gets in the way of the content.
The publisher formatted nearly all URLs in upper case, resulting in several that do not work. As a quick start, I might recommend some parts of the book, like the sections on setting up a streaming-audio server . But on deeper reflection, I'd have to give this book a miss. In the rapidly changing world of Web audio, it's unfortunately already past its prime. Neither Sandia Corporation, the United States Government, nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately-owned rights.