I have audio books as mp3 files. They will not play on our Ipad. Is there a conversion I need to do?

We have audio books that are converted to mp3 files. They will not play on our 2-year old Ipad. What can I do to make them compatible?
Les

Hi - what I neglected to include in the question is that the book was uploaded on Google Drive. It sounds like I will need to make the book a playlist and upload it.
Thank you for the response.
Les

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Hello Rex225
The best way to resolve the issue is to remove the music from the iPhone and then download the purchase again using the steps in the following article.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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-Norm G.

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Regards.

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Randy Ruttger
Thanks for the follow up.
Missing in this equation were the version of Premiere Elements that you were using and the computer operating system on which it was running. But...
The deed is done. But.....Until now and after you went ahead and moved to version 12, we now learn what version of Premiere Elements you were using. We still do not know the computer operating system involved.
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On another front, Adobe will be releasing a new version of Premiere Elements any day now. No one but Adobe knows the feature set for the new version. That type of information is announced at the moment of release of the new version.
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