Converting MP3 to Audiobook format

I downloaded a 3-part series from a public radio website. The files are in MP3 format. I want this program to appear as an audiobook on my iPhone instead of residing in my music library. How do I make that happen?
PowerBook G4 12-inch (PPC) 1.25GB RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.10)   2nd gen shuffle - iPhone

Thanks. That's what I needed. Here's how I did it...
Converted the MP3 files to AAC audio files i.e. M4A.
Converted the M4A files to Protected AAC audio files i.e. M4B files. To do this I used an Applescript named MakeBookmarkable.scpt found at:
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts07.php?page=1#makebookmarkable
The script installs in yourhomefolder/Library/iTunes/Scripts. After restarting iTunes the script menu will be present. To run the script simply select the item (AAC audio file) in the music library, and select Make Bookmarkable from the Script menu. After the script runs it removes the selection from the music library and puts it in the audiobook library.
To clean up, I deleted the original MP3 files from the music library.
PowerBook G4 12-inch (PPC) 1.25GB RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.10)   2nd gen shuffle - iPhone

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