| There is a newer audio format available for free | | | | Double click the file to open it with your iTunes. Your |
| audio book downloads. It is an MP3 CD. Many of | | | | audio book will probably begin playing as iTunes start |
| today's new CD players are able to handle this | | | | importing the file. Hit the pause button to stop the |
| format, but some of the older players do not. What | | | | playback. |
| makes this format so great for audio books is the | | | | Listening to the book now would be interrupted |
| data is compressed in an MP3 format. | | | | when you go through the next few steps. Let iTunes |
| What does this mean for you? This means you will | | | | finish importing your file. It could take a little while to |
| get often get your free audio books downloaded | | | | finish, but al least you don't have to swap out CD's |
| onto one MP3 CD, instead of many like traditional | | | | to import all of the audio book. |
| MP3 files. The sound quality is somewhat reduced, | | | | Be sure your audio book tracks have the title of the |
| especially for music, but the low resolution of these | | | | book in the file name. Search for the title in the |
| CD's is higher than you need for spoken word to | | | | iTunes search field. You want to see a window |
| sound terrific. | | | | showing all of the imported files and nothing more. |
| Here are the following steps to convert your MP3 CD | | | | Select all of those files or tracks for your audio book. |
| audio books into a file format you can listen to on an | | | | Click on the "Advanced menu" and choose "convert |
| iPod. (These instructions will work for an iPod 5 or 6) | | | | selection to AAC". This will convert all of those large |
| Check to see that you iTunes import settings are | | | | files to an AAC field, which will save you a good deal |
| correct for an audio book. | | | | of disk space. This again may take some time. When |
| You can do this by going into the Preferences | | | | you are done, you will have duplicated all those |
| Importing section and be sure you have the settings | | | | tracks from your audio book. |
| for spoken word. Next, insert the MP3 CD and find it | | | | While this does not finish your process, it has |
| on "My Computer". Using Windows Explorer, open the | | | | duplicated the MP3 audio books download files to |
| correctly titled CD and find the 'playlist.m3u' file. | | | | iPod files. |