I've always been a bit skeptical about the value of e-books - particularly e-fiction - because I just don't think reading a book from "cover to cover" on-line is the kind of experience most people would embrace.
However, e-audiobooks is another thing entirely and surely the best way to go for public libraries once MP3 technology (or whatever its future equivalent is) is universally embraced (in the car, on the phone, for housebound patrons etc.).
The idea of downloading an audiobook and having it automatically "return" itself at the right time is brilliant. I had a look at the Caboolture Shire Libraries http://library.caboolture.qld.gov.au/ which offer an excellent e-library service; not only audiobooks but music and DVDs too. I found this more enticing than the resources on the World E-Book Fair site but naturally things that a library would pay for are likely to be more recent and varied than the freebies.
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