[iTunes] my itunes trouble - Books not showing up

[Terry Pogue]

I am sorry you are having the problem Carol but I am glad to know that I am not alone with this problem. I wonder what the next step is since it doesn't seem to be widespread. I'd notify apple but I don't know how to do that. 
terry

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On Apr 19, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Carol F. Bruml wrote:

> I'm having the same problem with books not showing up when I have my iPod
> docked to my computer, an older desktop Mac running 10.4.11, with the newest
> iTunes update for that OS. There is a books tab, but when I click it, I just
> get the spinning beachball forever and ever.
> 
> The books that are already loaded in the iPod are not removed when I synch,
> but I cannot add/change what is there, unless I change the genre of the
> material to "music," instead of "audiobook."
> 
> Most of my audiobooks were ripped from CDs, not purchased downloads, but
> those don't seem to work, either.
> 
> My hard drive is NOT overly full (about 60%).
> My iTunes library is around 100 GB +/-. Not terribly huge.
> 
> All of the books show up fine in iTunes, and all of the playlists I have
> made of them are still there; it's getting them into/out of the iPods that
> seems to be the problem. I have tried with several different iPods of
> different generations since doing this iTunes update...and none of them work
> right with the books. I consider the update a personal disaster!
> 
> No, Terry, you're NOT the only one!
> 
> Carol
>