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How (best) to: Get audiobook MP3s into your iPhone

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This might just be me. Or it might be something you've been wondering about as well. Over the last 25 years or so, I've amassed a number of folders of audio book MP3s. Some bought by me, some grabbed during special offers, some acquired by - well, I'll don't always know(!) But I do know that they're on my laptop's (in this case a MacBook) internal disk and what I really want is them on my phone, to listen to on long journeys over Bluetooth headphones or car speakers. The quick and dirty solution here does work - but it's not elegant or intuitive. What I'd done in the past was drag and drop all the MP3s into Music (née iTunes) and hey, presto, they're listed under the author's name in amongst all my music artists. Messy, but at least they get synced over to my iPhone and I'm done.  Or am I? It's a real pain, not just to find these audio books (having to remember the author's name, for a start), but also because Music on the phone or la...