Audible books not showing up in home sharing

On my new mac mini I brought some books from Audible they appear in iTunes
under "Books" but they do not appear under the home sharing and I am unable to tranfeer
them to my older machine where I keep my media files

Guess I should have looked at FAQ first looks like Apple does not allow us to do this
Re: All audiobooks do not show up in home sharing
Mar 15, 2011 8:13 PM (in response to Carol G)
Just in case anyone else has this problem, here is what Apple replied to me: "Dear Carol, Greetings from Apple iTunes Customer Support. I am Sayantan and I am glad to assist you today. I understand you are unable to share audio books using home sharing. I know how upsetting it can be. I will help you with this. Unfortunately, you cannot share iTunes Store Audio Books, Audible spoken word content, or QuickTime sound files. In accordance with iTunes Store policy, you may share the music in your library and playlists with up to five other computers, provided the following conditions are met: 1. Your computer is using Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or later, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. 2. The other computers are on the same local area network as your computer, in the same subnet. To share a song in a password-protected shared library or playlist, you will need to enter a password. To share a song that was purchased using an iTunes Store account that is not authorized on the computer you are using, you will need to enter the Apple ID and password with which the song was purchased. You can share MP3, AIFF, WAV, AAC, and radio station links, but you cannot share iTunes Store Audio Books, Audible spoken word content, or QuickTime sound files. To prevent other computers on your network from seeing or listening to songs in your library or playlists, turn off music sharing. More detailed instructions about sharing music may be found in the Help menu. In iTunes, select iTunes Help from the Help menu. Click "Contents," type "sharing" (without quotes) in the search box, and press Enter. To read more about one of the topics that appears, double-click it. Carol, thank you for being a valued customer, your satisfaction is of the utmost importance. If you have further queries please write back to me. I will be happy to help you. Have a great day! Sincerely, Sayantan
iTunes Store Customer Support" Message was edited by: Carol G
MacBookPro 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM, 256GB SolidStateDrive,, Mac OS X (10.6.6), Intel iMac +500GB ext.HD, 64GB iPad, 32GB iPodTouch, 32GB iPhone 4
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