Audiobook from CD not in Audiobook Library

Hello,
I've spent the last hour and a half trying to find an answer to this question on the support page.
I bought an audiobook on CD and imported it into iTunes as AAC. The book won't show up in the "Audiobook" library. I've arranged the info file in proper order and check it against my online purchased audiobooks; they info formated in the same way, ie order number, audiobooks as the genre etc. The only thing I could see, looking at the actual file in Finder, is that books bought on iTMS are .m4b, books from audible.com are .aa and the book I imported from CD are .m4a The CDs, 26 of them, were aiff files, not mp3.
So the question is: Can I get these files into the "Audiobook" library? Is there a trick in the file name? I have the CDs so I could rip again if there is something special I need to do for this.

Here's the very basic version of my method of importing audiobooks:
I import the CDs in AAC, which gives me .m4a files. I then run a script called "Make Bookmarkable" to change the file extension to .m4b. You could do this manually or with a file renamer and achieve the same result. I then remove the files from my library and re-add them.
Please note, iTunes will ask you what you want to do with the files you're deleting from the library. PLEASE make sure you click "Keep Them"! Moving them to the trash won't hurt, but if you accidentally empty the trash before you re-import the files you're sunk.
You'll find the files in ~/Music/iTunes Library/Author Name/Book Title
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