Audiobooks not showing up in Playlists

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Message was edited by: pwoodsvt

As people have already pointed out, you have to rename the files from ".m4a" to ".m4b". If you only have a few, it's easy enough to open a command prompt and "rename *.m4a *.m4b" in the right directory. Then you have to add the files into iTunes again, and delete the "old" tracks that are now "dead" because you renamed the files.
Or, you could use a program I wrote to make this a little easier. Just download this and run it, select the tracks you want to move (they must be AAC-encoded), and click "Move Files to Audiobooks".
http://home.comcast.net/~teridon73/audiobook_helper/index.html
* I may receive financial compensation from my link (there's a paypal donation button -- but donation is optional!)

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