#16 - Audible to MP3 and free audiobooks

If you have never used Audible, but you love audiobooks, then you must used at least one. Why? It has a library of more than 150 000 titles in audio, most of which you will not be able to find at torrents or file-sharing services. Thus, sometimes it is really worth to buy and to download, but not just to download.

The only problem is the extension and the type of Audible files (.aa) which is supported only by Audible Manager and iTunes. 

But, lol, everything is solvable.

So, a little how-to:

Part #1

• Download and install VirtualCD without active Internet connection (turn the Internet off before the install process starts)
• Download and install Audible Manager and iTunes.
• Purchase a book-you-want (by the way, Audible offers one free book and a 30-day trial subscription for free). For example, click here to start a free trial with "All you need is Kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Recommended ^^
• Before the purchase note that you should have active Amazon.com account and an active Debit/Card linked with it.

Part #2

• After the purchase go to "Purchases" and download the chapter of the book (They should automatically open in Audible Manager). Now wait till all downloads finish.
• Now go to the Audible directory you used before downloading your book and copy all the .aa files to the music folder connected with iTunes
• Open iTunes - wait a couple of seconds - Choose My Library/Books/Audiobooks and here they are.

Part #3

• Start "VirtualCD v10" and click "Manage Images in the new window".
• In the opened window right click on "Virtual Burner" - "Create a blank virtual medium" - "CD-R(W)" - "CD-RW".
• Now return to iTunes and create a new playlist that contains all the chapters of the audiobook. Then go to Music/Playlists - Choose your newly created playlist - click on the gear icon (you can found in the bottom left corner of iTunes window) - Burn Playlist to Disk - Choose the drive with virtual CD-RW in it that you created before.
• 1 CD will not be enough and therefore just create a new CD-RW in the same drive each time iTunes asks you to insert a blank CD.

Part #4

• When iTunes is done, insert double-click on the first CD iTunes burned. 
• Now return to iTunes and select the CD-disk from "My Library" option list.
• "Import to iTunes" and wait till iTunes converts the CD tracks to .mp3 files.
• Repeat the action with each CD left.

That's all.

わたしわあなったお助けてうれしい。