[iBook] ebooks from iTunes

[Angus Wallace]

thanks for the speedy reply, Kirk,

Does this mean that when burning, iTunes will automatically make a single
downloaded file span several cds?

Cheers,
-Angus

Quoting Kirk McElhearn <kirklists at wanadoo.fr>:

> On 11/30/04 2:13 PM, "Angus Wallace" <angus.wallace at flinders.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> > when buying an ebook from the iTunes store, is it split into chapters? The
> > whole
> > book is ~7.5 hours, and i'd like to be able to burn it onto cds, which will
> be
> > difficult if it's downloaded as a single large file.
> 
> No, if it's a single file - which it usually is on iTunes - then it's not
> split. This is indeed a problem with audiobooks; you can burn them onto CDs,
> but they split wherever they run out of time on a CD. You can't set them to
> split at chapters. 
> 
> It's pretty much the same with Audbile.com, though many of their books are
> in a few parts.
>  
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