Audio Book from Media / iTune Track order

I have several audio books on CD media which I would like to listen to on my iPod, but when I import them to iTunes, they are never in the proper order, and when I attempt to reorder them in a play list they won't move. Is there a fix to this?

Take a look at this excellent article from another forum member turingtest2 on audiobooks for iPods.
http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/audiobooks.asp
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