What does setting Media Kind to Audiobook do?

Yes, I know it causes the file to show as a Book and not Music, but what does it really do to the file? The real question is: What constitutes an Audiobook to iTunes. If the file's file type and extension are M4B or it is from Audible with extension aa, iTunes says it's an Audiobook. But setting the Media Kind to Audiobook does something else. What does it do?
Thanks for any info on this.

"I've taken to deleting Podcasts app so that they return (properly organized!) to the old Music app."
This no longer works: iOS 7 removes this escape route.
You now must use Apple's specific Podcasts app for podcasts – which, of course, still hasn't fixed the original issue (of lumping everything together). If you try to use Apple's Music app like before, the Podcasts are hidden from view for iOS 7.
As DogDutyAscetic said above: it's best to just completely switch to Downcast (or other 3rd party) if you make your own podcasts. Apple has bigger fish to fry than the podcast community, and understandably so as the biggest company in the world. Rather than fix this issue over the last 12 months, they've instead shut off their working alternative. A pity, but the writing was on the wall.

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