[ElDiabloConCaca]

My friend had a slot-loading iMac and his young son decided to stick all sorts of stuff in there... business cards, paper clips, etc. Nothing he stuck in there damaged the drive, and that was including organic stuff.

His wife unwittingly stuck a business-card sized CD into the drive and it ruined the drive (she got a good scolding from him as well!). It required a replacement of the drive, which we did ourselves with a 2nd-hand slot-loading DVD drive from eBay.

I don't mean to preach, but this information is detailed in the owner's manual that comes with the iBook and any other computer with a slot-loading drive. I know we all just skip that book and get straight to using the new computer (I know I do!), but in times like this, it shows that it pays to read a little.

On the slot-loading iMac, there was a small manual eject hole that you could insert a straightened paper clip into and press firmly to eject stubborn media. This may or may not work -- my guess is that the business card cd is somehow off-center or tilted slightly, preventing a normal or manual eject. There may or may not be a manual eject hole on the iBooks -- if there is, it may be hidden by the cleaning bristles around the slot or by the housing of the iBook itself.

Good luck!