Audiobooks scrambled in music library

hi I have just imported three audio books onto my iphone. They only appear as single tracks and in a a scrambled order. If I import a music cd it appears all as one album and tracks 1 to 14 for example. Logical. these three books appear in chapters but they are in a random order, like track 8 first then track 3 for example. What can I do to correct this? Should I delete the lot and start again? What should I do that I didn't do last time?
Many thanks
noviceoftheiphone

First connect the iPhone to iTunes to get it up to date and iTunes Synced
Next find the audio track files in iTunes
Right click on them and use the "Get Info" button
Insert the track # into the track # field if missing
Resync
& Test
I have a feeling that the audio book doesn't have the track numbers
Also if you have shuffle on, disable it in those "Get info" screens
Finally you may also want to set the track type in the "Options" tab as "Audiobook", that could help so that the iPhone isn't considering them as music files.... But it will move the track to a new section of your iTunes and iPhone library by setting this property... Just keep that into consideration.
Secondly if you are having problems while walking, make sure that "Shake to shuffle" is not on... Or better yet, set the "Do not shuffle" setting on the audio book tracks to stop it.
I have a feeling its one of these many options... But you'll have to just take a look at each one.

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