I'm sure PACO will be along in a while to give you all the details...
The Heli stuff is very good, and you should get paper books but there is also now the additional option of them in electronic format. No reason to believe the fixed wing should be any different. Phil did put up a sample of the course material for the Heli course, if you ask he will probably do the same for the fixed wing.
CAPT courses are run as 3 modules, which is easier on the brain IMHO. Following the normal procedure of distance learning (with great support when required), and a consolidation week ahead of the exam sitting to go over the material.