Two tips to Connect users for extra listening pleasure:

1. The Connect's PlaysForSure support makes it compatible with OverDrive Media and NetLibrary audiobooks.   These are the two formats that many local libraries use.  Check with your local library, you may have a free source for mainstream audiobooks.  (You can check for yourself whether your local library offers OverDrive Media audiobooks here on the right under "Search Libraries."  If not, ask them if they support NetLibrary.)  Note that for spoken word like audiobooks and podcasts, you'll want a proper resume feature, i.e., resume from the place you left off in the song/audiobook/podcast.  The Connect will resume properly from Sleep, but not from full Shutdown.  Per the FAQ, Sleep goes into Shutdown after 72 hours.

2. Hook up the Connect to your stereo through a Creative Xmod enhancer (powered via an A/C-to-USB connecter like this), and you've got the best quality radio feed ever!  (Because the Xmod needs A/C power, it's sadly not a walk-around solution.)