Making mp3 files show as audiobooks in iTunes 7

iTunes 7 seems to recognised SOME of my audiobooks correctly and put them in the right library category. But most of them are still in the music library. I wouldn't care, but in some cases there are some chapters of the same book in one section and some in the other.
Is there a way to move a group of tracks into the Audiobook section so they can all be together?
Thanks.

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