Hey Tesa, and everyone thank you for answering
. I have however decided to sell my broken Ilead on.
The batterylife on these seems to be a problem and the last time I held a soldering iron I was making fantasy animals as a 9 year old in primary school.
Somehow I don't think my "skills" in that area will cross over to replacing the battery
I've also read that Irex doesn't support the Ileads anymore and am thinking of purchasing a sony reader for now and waiting for the competitor 9.7 inch screens.
Again thanks everyone for your input.