Comments on: Audiobook Builder: Build Audiobooks for your iPod

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:44:21 +0000

I am having a problem with listening to audiobook builder built audio book. I am listening to “Shannon”, a long book. I ripped the CDs into itunes. Audiobuilder divided the book into 2 parts. I am listening to part 1. I listened to some, then stopped. The bookmark was there when I went back. My problem was I missed a bit and wanted to replay the last few minutes. The audio book went back to the beginning, and I could not then find my place. Very frustrating. How can I put in stops, so it will not go back to the beginning of the book or part of book?

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:51:42 +0000

You can also just rip or add the audiobook mp3 file to your library, click convert to AAC in itunes, and after it is done, go to the converted file and change the extension from .m4a to .m4b. Then you can add it to your audiobook category.

It doesn’t do the chapters, which is what I am looking for, but…easier than getting new software if that’s all you want.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:25:56 +0000

With emusic doing audiobook downloads with +/- 200 individual mp3 files, this app has made life a WHOLE lot easier. For ten bucks, I’ve made managing an already enormous iTunes library much simpler. It takes a while to do its thing, even on my MBPro, but it doesn’t eat a lot of memory while it works. My only gripe is that every once in a while (one time in twenty or so), I have to remake an audiobook because it garbles at a chapter head. This is minor, however, otherwise I highly recommend it to any audiobook lovers.

By: Van Lam

Van Lam — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:16:54 +0000

Good point about the variable speed settings, normal music files don’t have that option.

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By: Adam Teece

Adam Teece — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:34:15 +0000

I think it is a really great tool. I love buying audio books but I usually like to listen to them faster to absorb more info. So I convert the cds into iPod audio books and listen to them at the faster speed setting.

By: J Dott

J Dott — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:34:40 +0000

I’ve been using Audiobook Builder for several months and love it. It does do a great job with audiobooks on CD, but it can also turn free audiobooks from librivox.org into iTunes books. Very useful.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:46:28 +0000

This is cool, though you could do a lot of this stuff for free with an automator workflow.

By: Silla

Silla — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:47:16 +0000

This is exactly what I need! I’ve got tons of audiobook files mixed in with my music, and it’s difficult to find them. It’s also annoying when your iPod is set to shuffle and it suddenly starts playing an audiobook chapter ^_^’

By: Tao

Tao — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:00:48 +0000

Maybe the part when it scans MP3s and ripped files for “gapless” playback – it could do it then!

By: Gabraham-Himself

Gabraham-Himself — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:48:47 +0000

I still don’t get why Apple missed to include a “This is an audiobook I’m ripping right now”-function into iTunes. It would make things so much easier.

By: Tao

Tao — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:12:21 +0000

That looks very helpful.

For the early communter and all day computer worker, audio books are a godsend to while away the hour journey home on the train.

I did all the Harry Potter books and Golden Compass series this way!