How to Add Audiobooks From a CD in iTunes

You can use iTunes on your computer to import audiobooks from CDs.

If you're one of the many people who find it difficult to budget time to read a book, you may prefer to listen to audiobooks, so you can satisfy your need for fiction or nonfiction whether you are on the go or working at your computer. When you have audiobooks on CDs, you can import them into iTunes, Apple's free application for playing audio. All Macs come with iTunes pre-installed. You can download the PC version from Apple.

Instructions

1. Launch iTunes on your computer.

2. Click "Preferences" from the iTunes menu.

3. Click the "General" tab. Click the "Automatically Retrieve CD Track Names From Internet" check box if you want iTunes to tag your audiobook files with this information automatically.

4. Click on "Import Settings."

5. Click on the "Import Using" pull-down menu, and then click on an option for importing the audiobook files, such as "MP3 Encoder" if you want to compress the files, or "AIFF Encoder" if you want to make exact copies of the audiobook track files. Click "OK" to save the changes.

6. Insert an audiobook CD into your computer's optical drive. The iTunes application will start importing the audiobook, according to the import settings you selected. Click "Music" in the left pane of the iTunes window to see the audiobook tracks that you imported.

References

• Apple: iTunes Mac 10.2 Help: Import Songs from CDs
• Apple: iTunes for Windows 10.1 Help: Import Songs from CDs

Resources

• Apple: iTunes -- Everything You Need to Be Entertained