Seashell, you made me laugh, listen to this..... we were on a road trip this spring and I found a big pile of books on tape at a truck stop for $2.50 each. Problem, I had no tape player, but I could not pass the deal up. I went to the store and bought a tape walkman for $5.00. I look pretty silly on my road trips with my tape walkman on, my kids (4 and 7), laugh at me. Oh, how times are a changin'. That's cool, I did not know you could do books on the ipod. I might have to check it out now. Thanks for sharing.