ITunes refuses to Sync Audiobooks! :( HALP PLS.

Hello,
I posted this in the iPhone 4 section several days ago but got no response, so I'm hoping it'll get more attention in this sub-forum
I've added an audiobook to my iTunes library and checked it off, but when I go to my iPhone 4's books section in the iTunes sidebar, it doesn't display the book in question to sync.
What am I doing incorrectly? I've tried restarting iTunes.
In the meantime, I've synced the audiobook as a song, but I'd prefer to have it as a book.
Here's a screenshot of my problem.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/Polarizer/itunesscr1.png
Thanks!

See this discussion: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3764139?tstart=0

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