my brothers girlfriend has a version of kindle, the most expensive model, and its set up whereby you select "autoread" and the thing reads to u like a person is sitting next to you reading it. apparently it is like when u choose the voice on your satnav etc, and can pick a male or female voice, english or aussie accent or american and so on.

if that model is avail at the right price, you could lay on your bed, close your eyes and listen to someone reading u a book !  

Now, thats some technology that is worthwhile. you just have to buy the audio and typed version from the kindle store which costs a bit more for each title.

imagine captain janeway or captain picard reading you a star trek novel, way cool.