Hehe- I moderate on all the forums and get very chatty at times
going back and forth explaining steps on the computer forum takes a lot of posts as well as welcome posts when we didn't have a welcome team in place. I hate to see a goose egg on a new members post.

yes it's free-
Does your library have access to it?
I had to put in my library card to "check out" the book - some can be copied to CD it has a burn symbol at the bottom of the book description area.
You have to download the software program that will play the book and you can switch it to use the windows media player.
you don't have to read it off the screen -they had someone read it and recorded that
so you can play it and listen to it while reclining or resting in bed or whatever.

I just listened to the first chapter of one book- I guess for me the person they have reading them makes a difference - because I like to visualize the characters and their voices when I read myself and if the reader/person is not really good or has a droning voice....
but maybe I'll try out a self help type of book next- since that would be a diff situation.