Itunes media kind won't change

Ok.  I give up.  Why is the media kind dim in iTunes.  I put a big batch of audio books (that were Audiobooks before I drug them in) and now they are music... DIM music!  So I can't change it back and now it's wasting a bunch of time syincing to iCloud.  Why?  I can't fathom why this doesn't just work?  I can't imagine how this is a 'feature.'  Why is everying so pointlessly difficult since Lion?

Hi,
Do you have iTunes Match? If so, turn it off then you will be able to change media type. Once changes made, turn match back on.
Jim

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    *PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS PROCESS. IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT IT IS FAIRLY INVOLVED AND ENTAILS SOME RISK. THERE ARE SOME WARNINGS AT THE END.*
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    Move iTunes media (music, videos, podcasts) to another folder and update the iTunes library to reference all the media from that new folder.
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    Example cases: Move iTunes media from C:\ drive to D:\ drive; Change iTunes folder name from Music to Media.
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