Importing an Audio Book into iTunes

I can copy an audio book into iTunes and from there put it on my iPod. What I can't seem to do is import it as an audio BOOK rather than a collection of music. My understanding is that if it is tagged as a BOOK I will be able to go back to where I was in my listening/reading at the exact point, even if I have listened to music in the interim.

It's been covered here already, but take a look here:
Converting CDs to iTunes Audiobooks
You can go back to where you left off if your iPod supports chapters, which older iPods to not (the 3rd-gen iPods and earlier don't; I'm not sure when chapter support was added).
Regards.

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The missing file thing happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
At guess you've used a different profile name. Files inside the media folder have survied the transfer, but those outside are expected to be on the same absolute file paths, but no longer are.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
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tt2

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Hello,
In sum, my question is: What is the difference between adding music to iTunes Library by the following methods:
Placing the audio files in the 'Automatically Add to iTunes' Folder;
Dragging the files from my hard drive to the Source Pane in iTunes; or
Using the File > Add Folder to Library dialogue?
Here are the particulars of my situation:
I have over 3,000 music files, and I would like to know the best way to get them into iTunes. From a lynda.com training video about using iTunes, I learned that there is a folder called "Automatically Add to iTunes", which is monitored by iTunes for new files to import into the iTunes library. However, I would like to know if this is the *best* way to do this. For example, can I just *move* my 3,000 music files into this 'Automatically Add to iTunes' folder and then let iTunes do its thing?
Will iTunes *move* the files that it is able to manage OUT of this folder and into one of its managed folders, such that there would be no duplicate file left behind? Is it correct in saying that the files that are left in this folder that were not able to be handled by iTunes and must be handled differently before they can be imported into iTunes? Or is there just an all around different, and better, way to get these music files into iTunes?
Thanks for your advice and opinions!
~Antonio

Hello tt2,
I have given this a lot of thought and attention over the last few days. As well, I appreciate very much your input and offers of help.
The major 'problem' that I have is that the files are most definitely not consistently named. For example, they include the likes of the following:
07 - Song Name - Song Artist.mp3
01 - Song Artist_Song Name.wma
Song Name [Song Artist].aac
And these are only examples, based on my trying to get across how variant the names are. The actual file names are far more wildly various than even these, seemingly consistent file names.
So, this is what I was thinking of doing, per your suggestion:
An alternative aproach would be to use something like MediaMonkey (has advanced filename/path to tag tools) or MusicBrainz Picard (attempts to match audio fingerprints) to update the tags before the files get introduced to iTunes.
Then...
1. Move the files into the 'Automatically Add to iTunes' folder, then let iTunes have a go at getting them in to iTunes.
2. Using either Tuneup or MusicBrainz Picard (Any comment on which is better?) to cleanup the file names (again) properly; and
3. Then using your script to force iTunes to update itself, based on any new id3 data.
Does this sound like madness? Or is it a good solution for this application? I am very grateful for your, or any other, input.
Take good care,
~Antonio

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Ya, looks like the file is still a real WMA file and all that application did was give your QT the ability to play WMA files perhaps? I am not familiar with that one. You need to locate a WMA to MP3 file converter. Some that come to mind are MediaMonkey, EasyWMA, and there are many others. Those first two might both be shareware programs and I don't have any first hand experience with them. I really haven't had the need to do this type of conversion (yet) so haven't looked into the various applications. Perhaps someone reading this can chime in if they know any free ones that work.
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If you import the audiobook as an audiobook to your iTunes Library, it will be listed in the Books section of your Library. You may need to turn on Books in order to see them. If you cannot see the File/Edit... etc. menu, use CTRL B on your keyboard to make that menu bar appear. Then go to Edit/Preferences>Books and put a tick in the box.
But, if the imported audiobook shows up in the Music section of your iTunes Library, highglight the files (in iTunes) and select File/Get Info/Options/Media Kind>Audiobook. These files will now transfer to the Books section of iTunes.
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First, we need to know if the audiobook chapters are being treated by iTunes as music files or as audiobooks. If they are not audiobooks purchased from the iTunes store, they might be getting "shuffled". You will need to look at "File" - "Properties" (I think - I don't use iTunes under Windows - or right-click on the file and choose "properties") and look at the media type. If it is "Music", change it to "Audiobook". If this is not the problem, or does not fix anything, please post back.
Actually, looking at your post again, a second thought occurs to me - assuming there are less than 100 chapters in the book, just renaming them with a leading zero on the first nine chapters might do it. A computer will alphabetically sort filenames in the order you quote (1, 10, 11, 12, 13, ... 2, 21, etc.) but a leading zero will fix that (01, 02, 03 ... 10, 11, 12)

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Dell Inc. Inspiron 531
iTunes 7.4.1.2
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LowerFilters: DRVMCDB (1.0.0.1), DLACDBHM (1.0.0.1),
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Video Display Information:
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Disk drive, WDC WD25 00JS-75NCB3 SCSI Disk Device, Bus Number 0, Target Id 0, LUN 0
CD-ROM Drive, HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H31N SCSI CdRom Device, Bus Number 1, Target Id 1, LUN 0
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Track 4, start time 14:39:25
Track 5, start time 18:34:10
Track 6, start time 21:43:22
Track 7, start time 24:56:42
Track 8, start time 27:54:72
Track 9, start time 33:03:52
Track 10, start time 37:55:00
Track 11, start time 43:59:72
Track 12, start time 46:46:22
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Get drive speed succeeded.
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The drive CDRW speeds are: 8.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 8.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 8.

JohnAndKel,
That's odd because the CD reading test that the diagnostics runs didn't report an error. What happens if you select a song from the CD in iTunes and play directly from CD?
(Just a note, the filter trick doesn't do anything for CD import, just CD burn. iTunes doesn't use the Gear drivers for reading the CD.)

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This can not really be a complicated technical problem to solve. The resolution according to all internet forums is to convert all mp3 files to aac and then manually rename them to m4b. With 40 GB audio books this would take five and and a half years just for the conversion and then the renaming remains. A much simpler solution would be to enable me to drag and drop my books into the correct section. Preferably when i import them into Itunes but the option should also work within itunes from Music to Audio books.
Sincerely.
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Give apple feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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#1 - I've researched importing MPEG 3 Audio music into iTunes and it typically tells you to just do a drag-n-drop into iTunes. Do they mean drop it into the folder that holds the iTunes music files or drop it right into iTunes as it appears on you screen when it is open?
#2 - The book downloaded as many smaller files all making up the single book. I don't want to load each individual one into iTunes do I? Or do I load all of them individually and then make a play list that will play them consecutively so I can listen to the book?
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rlpete64

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-In the folder containing them I selected all of the mp3 files I wanted to add to the new playlist.
-I right-clicked the selected files and clicked "Open."
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iNads,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12278
Also if you have imported them then this article gives a good understanding of how to tag these songs
http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/audiobooks.asp
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The answer from Zevoneer is only partially correct. *THERE IS A GLITCH IN iTUNES PROGRAMMING* that will make your book impossible to listen to if you change it from Music mode to Audio book mode through Options "Media Kind". This is what happens. Under iTunes Preferences, under Advanced, there is a box that says "Keep iTunes Music folder organized". When checked, this "Places files into album and artist folders, and names the files based on the disc number, track number, and the song title." So when you keep a book in the Music section, it stays organized.
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