I think it will help as it has done for music, but only if the hardware's right... music is different in that respect, if you want to walk around the house hearing your music, you can turn the volume up on your pc as the simplest solution, apart from burning a cd and using a discman, etc. I love reading, have downloaded a lot of books from Project Gutenberg, for example, and have been totally put off reading on my pc due to lack of portability and eyestrain. All those files are now waiting for the Iliad.
Regards, Ela.