Putting Audiobooks in "Audiobooks"

I've got a question about ripping audiobooks in iTunes 7.02.16 for Windows XP.
I've been going through my CD collection and putting it on iTunes, but I'm having trouble with my audio books. When I import them into iTunes, they get installed into the "Music" section of my Library. Obviously, I would prefer to have them under the "Audiobooks" section. I have tried going into the Info window for the relevant tracks and selecting "Genre: Audiobooks", but this does not help. Is there a way to move items into different Library sections?
Thanks

Here are the steps for importing an audiobook CD. The result will be a single audiobook (.m4b) file that will be bookmarkable and will show up in the Audiobook library.
Edit > Preferences> Advanced> Importing
Choose "AAC" & "Spoken Podcast."
Put the CD into iTunes.
Select all the tracks.
Go to the Advanced menu and select "Join CD Tracks."
Click the Import button.
Select the resulting file in iTunes, and press Ctrl-R to locate it on your hard drive.
Change the filename extension from ".m4a" to ".m4b." Now drag the file back to iTunes. It will appear in the Audiobooks library. It will say "protected," but it is not protected.

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right click on the file in iTunes and open up the options. When you get the the screen that your able to change album name, artist name you will look near the bottom. (I'm at work so I can't tell you exactly what it will say) There should be a drop down box that says "Genre" or something to that nature and will give you options to change it to. Change it to audiobooks.
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First base: If you bought your audiobook from Audible.com and have authorized your computer correctly, the audiobook should go into the built-in Audiobooks folder automagically after you've imported it. This is how I purchase audiobooks – I buy them from Audible, download them directly from Audible's site, then import them into iTunes. Audible spoken word files end with .aa .
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