7 reasons why books are better than iPods:

1. You can't learn much from an iPod (except from a very narrow range of podcasts), but there's almost no topic that you can't get a book about. If you read something informative while you commute, and you commute for 2 hours a day/230 working days a year, that's equivalent to over 12 weeks of 9 to 5 study - think what you'll learn.
2. With a book, you can easily skip to the bits interesting to you.
3. Books don't need to be plugged in and recharged, and don't break down.
4. Books don't annoy other people on the train.
5. No-one ever got mugged for a book.
6. Books are cool.