Audiobooks Have Disappeared

Thanks for you interest with my problem. When I posted my original message there was no Books category in the upper left corner. After digging into the preferences menu I check marked the Books category under sources and my books re-appeared! However after syncing again they still don't show-up under Audiobooks on my iPod.

I now have a Books, but not Audiobooks, tab listed for my iPod device when connected. When looking in the iTunes folder I find all of the individual tracks for my books listed however when I navigate to the Audiobooks screen on my iPod, after it is synced and disconnected, there are no contents shown. My playlists that I have created beginning with "Book -" are also now appearing on the iPod so in worst case I can use them to listen to my books. I would still like to know what I need to do to have the books appear in the Audiobooks area of my iPod.

Yes, my books are listed under the Books tab in iTunes. I am not familiar with the Books configuration tab you mentioned.

I went to the tab you described and found that the SyncAudiobooks box had been checked along with all audiobooks. ( I must have been here before but did not recall the screen.) This screen shows I have 3 audiobooks. I cliked on the sync button below and then ejected the iPod. Unfortunately the books did not appear under the Audiobooks screen. I re-attached the iPod, unchecked the sync feature, and re-synced the iPod. This action also removed the book playlists I had created that were shown under the Music screen. I then re-checked the boxes on the books configuration tab and re-synced the iPod. The book playlists re-appeared under the music playlists but unfortunately the Audiobooks screen is still blank.

You will probably be amused at the age of my iPod, it is a 60GB iPod with color display purchased in late 2005. I suspect there aren't many of these still around but it has been very dependable and has allowed me to carry my entire music library with me wherever I go as well as listen to audiobooks while on the road. Is it possible the library file could be corrupted? It has been copied accross 3 computer platforms, all Windows based. Thanks again for your interest in resolving this problem.

I've gone through the steps you have recommended. In viewing the About screen on my iPod I find no reference to Audiobooks.

They did not appear as Audiobooks in the past. I had been using playlists created under Music to listen to books but had wanted to have them available as Audiobooks for the playback features. When I first started this post, right after upgrading to the latest version of iTunes, book tracks were completely gone, even as a separately created playlist under my music. Only after I discovered and checked the missing checkmark in the box under iTunes Preferences did they re-appear as playlists under music on the iPod. Checking the box also caused the Books folder to show up again in iTunes. (I am confident I didn't uncheck this box.) I guess I should have been more specific on the details of the problem as this dialogue progressed.