I've seen the redbook - it is a real book... I used to work for Philips - the technical specifications for creating and reading a CD were contained in a giant "Red Book", ie red three rind binder (hence the name) - when I was there in 90-96 we were working on the CD-i software which was the "green book."
In addition to sampling rates and sizes (44.1k/16 bit)and data rates there are very specific descriptions of data files, machine specs, tolerances, transfer rates, error correction, etc. The Redbook - possibly the most boring book ever written!! And the book that essentially ruined the recording industry - they forgot to include some kind of encryption (like DVD's have now), opening up the way for everyone to copy and steal music... but that's another story. Who could have known that computers would get faster and the internet would be invented...
In addition to sampling rates and sizes (44.1k/16 bit)and data rates there are very specific descriptions of data files, machine specs, tolerances, transfer rates, error correction, etc. The Redbook - possibly the most boring book ever written!! And the book that essentially ruined the recording industry - they forgot to include some kind of encryption (like DVD's have now), opening up the way for everyone to copy and steal music... but that's another story. Who could have known that computers would get faster and the internet would be invented...