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Originally Posted by odamizu
Thanks everyone! I suppose it was too much to hope that audiobooks would be simpler than ebooks <sigh>. Looks like I have some learning to do.
@pwalker8 — I am indeed on a Mac. What vendor do you use for conversion, what iOS app do you use to listen, and how do you transfer the mp3 from Mac to iDevice?
Muchas gracias!
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Hopefully, I won't violate any rules by mentioning the vendor. Since it's software you actually buy (but not from the App store) and not darknet I think it's ok.
The software is TunesKit Audio Converter, they have versions for both the Mac and Windows. I've been using them for years without any issues and with regular updates.
Which iOS app I use depends on where I'm at. In the car, I use music since that has playlist, so I don't have to take my attention off the road when a book ends. I have used both iBook and the Audible app at other times when I have the leisure to select the next book when one ends. Neither are perfect by any stretch, but they work ok. iBooks lets me order the audiobooks in a particular order, it just won't move to the next in the list when the book ends, you have to select the next one manually. Audible has the advantage that I can download over the air, so I don't have to have all my books loaded on my iDevice. I've had issues with both losing their place at times.
I just use iTunes to transfer. I load the mp3 file in iTunes and put it my car playlist. The genre is audiobook and remember to check the "remember position" under getInfo/options.
I actually only listen to mp3's in the car, and delete the mp3 from iTunes (but not from my Mac!) when I finish the book. MP3s take up a lot more space than the aax files.