Yikes spoke too soon.. After trying out the Instant reader and signing in on it, it seems that my 'region' has changed somehow at kobo.com so I no longer am able to view the 'Free Ebooks' list.. Unusually, if I switch the language to French, German or Netherlands it displays the free ebooks. Not so for English. Weird.. Tried logging out and back in but still broken.
Edit: I realize I can't see ANY of the booklists now.. I get 'The list "<booklist>" is empty or you may be geographically restricted from viewing its contents - try selecting a new list.' Anyone have the same problem?