iOS 7 and Audiobook Chapters

I wrote to Apple with the issue and have had no acknowledgment.

Lucky for me I have purchased a few books to listen to in bed and my wife's retired and antiquated iphone 3G is now handling audiobook duties.

Not ideal but a temp workaround for me.

This is not remotely ideal as a solution, but it's a workaround if you have access to the original chapter mp3 files (eg, if you download books from Librivox): Instead of using Audiobook Builder to combine the chapter files into a single audiobook, convert the chapter files from mp3 to audiobook files via iTunes. Make sure that they are all given the same album name and that the chapters are in the correct order. Then sync the entire list of files to the iPhone.

The Music app will list them together as a single album, but will list the chapters as separate tracks. It will also indicate each track's read/unread/partially-read status in the list, so you should be able to find your place when you leave and come back.

Please fix, this issue very troublesome

You can also buy "Bigasoft Audio Converter". The Software has a "Split by Chapter" function.

Just a work around, but Apple have to solve it. Hints that somethink happens in 7.1 PR have we wait for 8.x?

Send Reports to Apple.

This is really rubbish, and I'm annoyed at Apple. However, I've found a solution.

There's an app for iOS called AudioMark that allows you to play all your iTunes-imported audiobooks by chapter. The app is pretty basic, but it does give us this functionality until Apple fix this glaring error (I'm still hopeful).

You do not need any App.

Read KarenLH: Same Interpret, Same Album, Order by Titlenumber. Titelname are free. Additional change Media Type to Audiobook (saves position). iTunes and iPod put them together and play it in titlenumber order.

This works, but i want to have the titlelist back!

True, however, as far as I can tell, using this app is the only solution for people who don't have access to the original .mp3 files or don't want to reimport all their audiobooks again.

Disclaimer: I'm not associated with the developer in any way

Thisis a terrible ommission on Apple's part and perhaps they will correct it in IOS 8 or 9. Until they do, I highly recommend this wonderful APP that solves this problem partially. Though it doesn't show the chapters as we would like, it does give much more control over gonging back and forth in a chapter if you lose your way. You can move by minutes or second at a time. It also has a sleep timer so you don't fall asleep and miss an entire portion of your book. It's called AUDIOBOOKS and I highly recommend it.

There is a workaround for this problem.

In iTunes you set the "Track Number" and "Disc Number" to blank.

You can select all the audiobook files in one go and empty the track an disc. Then iOS will read just the file name and not the metadata

Apple should be ASHAMED of the iOS crap they are turning out lately.
They have had three iOS updates to get the “Audiobook Chapter Text” issue resolved …. and they still can’t get it done right. iOS4 was the last iOS that “Audiobook Chapters” could read the actual text of the chapter title.

Apple employees, you are working for a company that seems like it just can’t get it’s act together anymore, since the passing of Steve Jobs. Jobs never would have let you get away with the crappy GUI on the newer “Audiobook Chapter Text” issues.

FIX THE AUDIOBOOK CHAPTER TEXT/TITLE READING ABILITY … it’s not rocket science, you had it once … just bring it back like you had it !!!!!!!!!!!!

It's too late for my iPad but I can still save my 4S from updating to iOS 7 and losing this feature. I was about ready to upgrade it when I came upon this thread. I won't upgrade till chapters are back.

SInce this issue of no chapters has not been resolved, and as far as I know no one from Apple has publicly addressed it...or notified anyone with a fix date, I think we should start writing the tech publications, online magazine (ALL) and tweet or wherever people...real users notice the info that this is broken... i.e. everyone in media who made such a fuss about broken maps. This is just as bad. Ever notice that when your iPhone or iPad indicates that you have an App update your only choice is to ignore it, or update it? If you ignore it, it never goes away, and if you hit Update All, you then inadvertently update the app, which for what ever reason, you did not want to update at that time. There should be a go away button and an ask me in a week, or a month, or never button!

I never would have updated to IOS7 if in the details list it mentioned that it was going to do away with those pesky chapters-thingy that old-world books had for so long. And speaking of so long.... that your playback book length indicator would now (in a long book) be, say, 34 hours in length with no hope fo scrubbing to an accurate location when you want to.

[My Frustated Thanksgiving Rant]

I am running the Itunes 11.1.3 latest, and I do not have any check boxes to check that you show? What model Itunes are you running?

And they are blank but no check box?

I have the same version.

Select all the audiobook files then press [cmd + i] there you can alter the audiobook settings.

In the info tab you see on the right side the Track and Disk check boxes.

You need to check these and leave them blank (even if they are already blank).

If you did it correctly you will see the files in the right order in your audiobook section of iTunes