Well if it's just specs or other information you're looking for then hopefully these links will keep you busy reading for a while.

CD-Recordable FAQ
http://www.cdrfaq.org/
http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq02.html#S2-28

http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/cd-rom/cdrom_spec.htm
http://www.disctronics.co.uk/downloads/downloads_dvd.htm

“El Torito” Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification
http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/98D3219C-9CC9-4DF5-B496-A286D893E36A/0/specscdrom.pdf

Filesystems HOWTO
http://www.fifi.org/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Filesystems-HOWTO.html

Introduction to ISO 9660
http://www.mp3ar.com/Literature/iso9660.pdf

Joliet Specification
CD-ROM Recording Spec ISO 9660:1988
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/jolspec.html

UDF Whitepaper
http://www.softarch.com/us/dvd/UDF_whitepaper.pdf

ISO9660 Simplified for DOS/Windows
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~lang/hotlist/cdrom/Documents/iso-dos.txt

CDROM GUIDE
http://www.cdrom-guide.com/