Audiobooks Library

Audiobooks downloaded from disk not appearing in Audiobooks subcategory of Library?

Hi and Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Where have you downloaded the Audiobooks from? Are they from Audiable.com of iTunes Store or have you ripped an Audiobook CD?
For directions on how to rip an Audibook CD check my earlier post:
RIP Audiobook from CD
Hope this helps.
Cheers

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Note: I've already tried some suggestion from the web such as renaming the file extension from .m4a to m4b, removing the old tags then re adding them back to iTunes with no success.
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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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You didn't indicate the source of your audiobook, so I'll try to cover both bases.
First base: If you bought your audiobook from Audible.com and have authorized your computer correctly, the audiobook should go into the built-in Audiobooks folder automagically after you've imported it. This is how I purchase audiobooks – I buy them from Audible, download them directly from Audible's site, then import them into iTunes. Audible spoken word files end with .aa .
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