Adding jpg and pdf files to an audiobook

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Ziv Jacoby Author

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Adding jpg and pdf files to an audiobook

Hi all,

Is it possible to add pdf and jpg files to an audiobook?

Thanks,

Ziv

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Mar 22, 2009 5:50 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 19, 2015 2:00 AM in response to KlausS1

Same here. I've recently bought some CD audiobooks that have PDF booklets with them which I'd like to have in the same folder with them for organisational purposes. As it stands, apparently you can only have PDFs as music, podcasts and iTunes U (not even sure what that is).

On the whole, i think iTunes needs to get a lot better with its audiobook support. In particular, the sorting of chapters in Finder. I have multiple books from the same author and all their different parts are muddled up in the Finder view. For example:

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swisswiz

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Mar 22, 2009 10:35 AM in response to Ziv Jacoby

Are you referring to the cover artwork for the audiobook?

If so the answer is yes! Simply select the audiobook in iTunes and select File>Get Info

In the artwork tab of the window that shows up, simply click add and select the picture you want.

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Ziv Jacoby Author

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Mar 22, 2009 11:55 AM in response to swisswiz

Hi,

No. I want to add a random pdf and jpg files as data to the audio book. For example I want to add a drawing to a book.

Ziv

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swisswiz

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Mar 22, 2009 12:19 PM in response to Ziv Jacoby

Maybe I'm not understanding what you want to do.

You can certainly add a drawing to an audiobook as the audiobook cover.

I don't understand where else you intend to add a picture and where you would view this picture.

Maybe if you could clarify your reason for adding a picture to an audiobook

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Ziv Jacoby Author

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Mar 22, 2009 12:25 PM in response to swisswiz

I'm creating an audiobook and I want to add some pictures (not as a cover flow) but as pictures I can reference in my audio.

Is it possible to add them to the audiobook library?

Ziv

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swisswiz

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Mar 22, 2009 12:44 PM in response to Ziv Jacoby

I guess my main reason for confusion is do you want to see the picture while listening to your audiobook on your iPod or in iTunes? It seems pointless to add random pics unless your intending to view them in some specific place, while listening to your audiobook.

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Ziv Jacoby Author

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Mar 22, 2009 1:38 PM in response to swisswiz

I just want to add pictures and text together with my audio.

Ziv

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swisswiz

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Mar 22, 2009 1:47 PM in response to Ziv Jacoby

My only suggestion is using another application like iMovie to make a slideshow of all the pictures you have and then adding the audiobook audio over that slideshow. But I'm quite certain you can only add one pic in iTunes as the cover art. Another solution might be using Garageband to split the audiobook into segments and then import those segments into iTunes and add different pictures for each segment.

The reason I asked my previous questions is to figure out what you specifically want to do with the pictures in your audiobook. Otherwise I can throw ideas out, but they might not be at all what you want.

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micsaund

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Apr 18, 2009 6:45 PM in response to swisswiz

I think Ziv wants to do the same thing I'm trying to do.

Here's scenario:

I purchased an audio interview. The audio came with a pdf transcript. Organizationally, I would like to keep the two files together. Since I'm going to have the audiobook in iTunes, I thought I'd just put the pdf in there, even though it's not useful in an iTunes context.

Basically, it would just be storing the pdf with the audio for safe-keeping and so I can find it when I want to read along with the audio.

The problem is that when I drag the pdf into the audiobooks page, it gets added under "Music" even though I titled it the same as the audio file.

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KlausS1

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Jan 19, 2015 3:01 AM in response to micsaund

I am wondering whether anyone found a solution for this, I also would like the pdf material of an audiobook to be put in the audiobook section (for the same book). Actually itunes puts it into music - which does not make any sense at all.

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Answer 11

Dec 5, 2015 8:10 PM in response to Ziv Jacoby

I have a similar question-

I copied one of my audiobook CD's to iTunes, and would like to add artwork.

Once there was an option to add a jpg, but now the only reference I can find refers me to the itunes store.

Am I missing something? Thanks!

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