One of the best features of an iPod audio book format is that it has the ability to resume playing something at a certain point even if you turn it off or play something else. There are many websites on the Internet from where you can get audio books, but the majority of them are in mp3 format which is treated as a regular music file by the iPod. However, you can easily convert mp3 files or other files which iTunes can play into the native iPod audio book format in a few steps. There are many ways you could do this, but the following are quite effective:

Before you start:

You should not upload audio books which are bigger than 320 MB or those which are longer than five hours for the best results. This might lead to stability and playback problems. You can upload an audio book which is larger than this, but it is recommended that you split it up into smaller bits.

When you download an audio book, it will usually be in many files. It is more convenient when you combine the files into a single file so that you do not have to remember which you are listening to. It will also keep the iPod audio book menu on your iPod cleaner. You can let your iPod remember what position you are in the audio book. As most audio books are less than 5 hours and 320 MB long, you can easily combine your mp3s into one file before you start.

Add those files to your iPod which you wish to convert to your library. When they are there, choose the file or files, right-click, and choose ?Convert Selection to AAC?. This will add the files which were converted to be added to your library. When the conversion is complete, you can remove the original files from your iPod's library as they will not be needed for the process any longer. You can also remove the files which were newly created from your library, but when you are asked, make sure you select 'Keep files', so that they are not deleted from your hard drive.

The files will be created under 'My DocumentsMy MusiciTunesiTunes Music' (unless you have told iTunes something else), so you should open that folder. The new files will have? the .m4a extension and they will have to be renamed to .m4b. after the files are renamed, you can add them to your iTunes memory once again. You can right-click on the new files in your library and choose 'Get Info'. You will be able to change the name of the file on this screen. You can clear out the 'album' and 'artist' fields if you wish so that they do not show up with the rest of the music you have on the iPod, when you are going through the lists of albums and artists. They will show up under audio books. You can change the genre of the files to 'audio books' so that they're easily found when searching through iTunes.