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How to create audio books in iTunes

By Donald Bell on 10 December 2008

Topics: audiobooks, itunes, audio, itune, book, photo credit, books, cnet.com, audiobook, file

• Transfer audio book CDs to an iPod

• Move your iTunes library to an external hard drive

• iTunes everywhere: Best products for accessing iTunes in the home

• Know your digital audio formats

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  Thanks commented on 04/10/2009 00:07 Report abuse

  That was a very easy and non complex explanation. Thanks heaps!!! Great help!

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  Tim commented on 28/09/2009 08:19 Report abuse

  Thanks! This article was a great help to me. I was able to import a couple audio book CD's following your instructions without any problem whatsoever.
  
  I have a couple questions:
  
  1) Do you know how to create a single file of all the chapters that still have the chapter breaks?
  
  2) One of my older audio books (that most important 20th century classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, read by the author) created a single file without chapter breaks. Do you know how to put chapter breaks in?

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  Star_Fox commented on 22/07/2009 23:37 Report abuse

  Great guide. Thanks!

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  Claymano commented on 13/06/2009 01:57 Report abuse

  One other thing...I don't understand why Apple doesn't incorporate a drag and drop for organizing the files. I am having lots of trouble with the number putting the tracks in the wrong order for audiobooks. I have tried after the fact to make it work by renumbering but they don't change their order. I have to make a playlist for each disk as I go or it gets jumbled.

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  Claymano commented on 13/06/2009 01:53 Report abuse

  It worked great! Thanks a lot. The only problem is that while it removes them from the Music on the ITunes list, it still lists them under the music as well as under the audiobooks on the IPod. I have not tried the shuffle to see if it will play only music but I will. But all in all it helped organize beautifully on the ITunes.
  Thanks.

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  jd commented on 22/05/2009 23:38 Report abuse

  Are you kidding this doesn't work I have done this and my audiobooks with similar titals show up track 1 first for ALL the disks then track 2 for all the disks please try again.

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  Nellee commented on 04/05/2009 06:45 Report abuse

  Why do all the other websites try to make this process so hard!! Thank you!!

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  V commented on 12/04/2009 23:58 Report abuse

  This is fantastic. Thank you. Solves a long standing annoyance for me, that I had repeatedly tried to solve without success (and without any help from Apple!)

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  macropod commented on 09/04/2009 16:23 Report abuse

  The problem is this routine doesn't always work with a non-ipod mp3 player.

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  vinniethevole commented on 06/04/2009 08:48 Report abuse

  That was awesome. Thanks!