and 2) is there anywhere to get audiobooks in MP3 format? Audible books burn in standard CD format meaning 5, 6 discs or more!

all schools would adopt Google Docs, etc. so flash drives would become obsolete

thanks roswellsgirl for accepting friendship

newegg.com has good prices

Agrees with edventures: newegg.com and frys.com usually have great specials/free shipping.

I would check with local office store or online. 2GB are now around $10 at our Office Depot

Instead of a flash drive, I got a thumb sized reader for various sizes of SD cards at Radio Shack. Love it b'cause I have lots of SD lying

around. Here's a super-cheap micro-reader with 1G chip included: tinyurl.com/5539d7

Many phones, MP3 players, GPS units - all use MicroSD. w/ Adapter, also fits many cameras.

technology that multitasks (properly).

do you need a "thumb drive" flash drive? or an SD card

I saw 64mb (plenty big for elementary kids) at Target for $4.99 ..not on sale..

Yeah, I take it back. Guess I lost sight of the K8 focus. Sorry!

thumb drive, for them to take to school. and campinglisa I agree, it's hard to find anything less than 1GB now, but they don't need so big!

any answers for question #2? wonder if I should plurk it separately

jasonwrites I use audible.com to download books straight to itunes. Then when you "burn the cd" I have found itunes finds natural breaks

campinglisa I've done that before. my issue is I don't want so many discs per book. In MP3 format you can get six hours of audio on a disc,

rather than the 80 minutes of standard CD format. so I want to be able to put a book on just 1-2 discs instead of 6-7+

oooOOoooo. Hmmm...good question

I guess if I checked out of library and ripped them to PC, then burned MP3 disc it would work... but surely someone must sell them?