Synching audiobooks

I can't get 2 audiobooks into the "audiobook" folder on my video ipod. It is in "recently purchased", but I can't get them moved to the folder called "audiobook". Thanks for any help.

Get info on the tracks of the audio book, then select options and you will see that you can set it to treate the files as an audiobook and also remember your position in them.
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Apple and updates, they always change what was working fine. Here one night I go to synch a new book, I plug in my Iphone 4s, synch and find nothing on my Iphone in my 'Playlist => Audible' Where are my books?
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I have all my audio books un checked so they don't automatically synch.
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Perviously in my Iphone4s to see my Audio Books they were in a Playlist called 'Audible'
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If you plug in your 4S, Click on your Phone , and scrool down and ensure 'Synch only Checked' songs and Videos'
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How come the same thing doesn't happen when i purchase an audiobook ?!?!?!?
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I can't find it - a nice informative popup would be helpful.
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No new Genre appeared in my music area.
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It lists my AudioBook but there is only a dotted outline icon around it.
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Same question - WHERE IS IT ON THE iPAD ?!?!?!?
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It isn't showing up on the desktop.
It isn't showing up in iTunes.
And it isn't showing in the Music App.
I could've gone to a bookstore, purchased it and read it in the amount of time i'm spending trying to find an answer.
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