Transfer audio book CDs to an iPod

By Donald Bell on 16 June 2009

One of the easiest ways to squeeze in a good book during a vacation or commute is by listening to audio books on your iPod or iPhone. Audio books can be downloaded online using services such as iTunes or Audible, but sometimes it's cheaper to get your books on CD and rip them manually.

But if you've ever tried to transfer a multi-CD audio book onto an iPod, you've probably run into problems such as chapters playing out of order, mislabelled or missing files, or just a generally messy experience. There's about a dozen ways that something as seemingly simple as ripping an audio book CD to your iPod can go wrong, but there's certainly a few tips and tricks that can make the experience smoother.

In this slideshow we'll show you the best way we've found for getting audio book CDs into iTunes and onto the iPod.

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Topics: itunes, ipod, iphone, audiobook, apple

Comments (6)

Hessian commented on 23/05/2010 10:15

You are a genius. If I'd checked this blog out first, I could have saved myself about eight hours of frustration.

Thank you.
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Bloss commented on 14/03/2010 19:36

Donald Bell, I love you!!
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Raiderbrit commented on 15/01/2010 16:12

This is the best tutorial I have seen on the subject. I am trying to import an audio bible. I could not join CD tracks because it was grayed out, so I have 66 different books in my audio book. I would prefer just one book. Any suggestions.
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Sillys commented on 20/08/2009 09:49

How come I can change music to audio book? It is grayed out under information, options?
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dzinn commented on 19/07/2009 22:07

If Join CD Tracks is greyed out....

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1808929
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CMe! commented on 17/06/2009 17:28

I have recently gotten addicted to Audio Books. Thanks for this article! It was brilliant and helped me immensely! :)
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