How to get files into audiobooks on iPod

I would like to put some interviews and lectures on my iPod under the audiobooks section. I've been trying to figure out how to do this, but can't find the answer anywhere. What should I do in iTunes to make this work?

Hi. I have an awful lot of lectures, poems etc on my
HD, but itunes and ipod refuse to acknowledge them as
audiobooks, they appear in the normal music folder
instead (same goes for my videos, they are all in the
movies folder). Any ideas how to solve that?
best regards
ekmek
Audiobooks have to be in M4B (protected AAC) format to appear in the audiobooks category on an iPod. If you convert them to AAC from MP3 using iTunes, find the converted version (which will have the extension .m4a) and rename it .m4b (if you can't see the extension in My Computer in XP, you'll need to select "Tools," "Folder Options," "View," then uncheck the option that says "Hide extensions for known file types"). Then drag it to your iPod in iTunes. Keep in mind, transcoding it to AAC means a possible (although likely negligible) quality loss -- I listen to audiobooks in the car, so I don't really notice a difference (or much of one.)
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