Is it possible to turn off itunes match changing audiobooks into music?

As I activate iTunes Match, alls Audiobooks where changed to music
How do i turn that off?
Too bad, that the media kind is greyed, when match is active.

Hey there, I have the same problem.
When I import audiobooks from CD, they are automatically importet into "Music" and synced with match. The "Audiobook" mark cannot be selected then any more. I don´t want to sync my audiobooks. How do I avoid that? I tried to sign out of match, corrected the files into "Audiobooks" and sign in match again, and then the files all of a sudden become "Music" files again.
It seems to be connected with the fact that I have imported the Audiobook from CD...
Any help?
Thx
Co

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