i have been trying to delete 5 audio books from my ipod shuffle for the last 2 days, requesting to manually manage my music, but everytime I put my ipod back into the computer it automatsyncs and I can't download any more books as insufficient spac

So you are following the instructions in this Apple support document to set up your Shuffle for manual management?

Syncing music manually to iPod shuffle

If you prefer not to use Autofill to sync music to your iPod shuffle, you can manually sync music instead.

1. Connect iPod shuffle to your computer and open iTunes.
2. Select the option to "Manually manage music" from the iPod Summary tab of the iPod settings screen.
3. Select your Music, Podcasts, or Audiobooks Library or a playlist on the left side of the iTunes window.
4. Select one or more pieces of audio content and drag them to the iPod shuffle icon under Devices.
5. If you have turned on disk use, disconnect iPod shuffle by selecting it under Devices and clicking the eject icon (iPod shuffle is ready to be disconnected when the status light stops flashing).

It might also be a good idea to head to Edit -> Preferences -> Devices tab and make sure the Prevent iPods ... from automatically syncing option is ticked.

B-rock

Either way, I am glad to hear you managed to figure it out! 🙂

B-rock