You can also just tell iTunes that a group of selected files are audio books through the info menu thing in iTunes. I can't remember how to get to it now, but I'm sure if you ask on the list, you'll get answers. I think it might be ctrl+i.
Thanks, Ari > On Aug 6, 2016, at 1:34 AM, Donald Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > The one thing that does wonders with this is to access a free program such as > mp3to iPad audiobook converter. Then the iPhone knows it's a book and it'll > go in the right place. > > program such as mp3 to audiobooks > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > M. Taylor > Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2016 3:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Looking for any way to put audio books on iPhone 6 > > Hello Jerry, > > You have received some excellent tips in this thread. > > Like you, I have many, many MP3 files that I enjoy reading as audio books. > > I am a big fan of iTunes via Jaws for Windows. > > As I am particularly resistant to third-party solutions unless absolutely > necessary, I use the podcast feature of iTunes for all of my manually > created/non-purchased MP3 audio books. > > If you do not want to use iTunes in order to manage your files, then, of > course, third-party solutions are the only way to go. However, I would argue > that there is a lot of hidden magic in iTunes via the Jaws Touch Cursor. > > One reason why I prefer to use iTunes is because doing so allows me to sync > my audio files between my PC, my iPhone and my iPod Nanno. > > As you may or may not know, third-party apps cannot be installed on the Nanno. > > Just wanted to throw that out there, for you to consider. > > Mark > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jerry White > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 8:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Looking for any way to put audio books on iPhone 6 > > Thanks to everyone who has responded to my inquiry! I thought I had tried > the MP3 zipped file into VDR, but will try it again. I do use Bard on the > phone, and do buy audible books but have collected many hundreds of mp3 > formatted books and want to re-read some of them. > > Thank you all so much!! I will let you know how it goes with VDR… > > Jerry > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Alan Lemly > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 5:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Looking for any way to put audio books on iPhone 6 > > Jerry, > > I'd agree with Sieghard that if you have mp3 audiobooks you're wanting to get > on your iPhone, Voice Dream Reader and Dropbox are the easiest solution. You > can copy the zipped mp3 books into an appropriate Dropbox folder on your > computer and easily add them to Voice Dream using the app. > > I don't know if you're a US citizen but if you are, the BARD Mobile app is > excellent for getting books from the NLS BARD service provided you are a > citizen and have established a BARD account. > > Alan Lemly > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jerry White > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 1:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Looking for any way to put audio books on iPhone 6 > > Good afternoon everyone! > > I am getting desperate now! I have tried everything I can find to get audio > books onto my iPhone. I even bought iExplore because it said you could mount > the folders like a windows drive, but no luck! I also bought the JTunes > scripts for iTunes, and can't get to the audio books from there either! 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