How to Burn iTunes AudioBook to CD Easily

By Annie Cale

Updated on: November 24, 2024

Category: Apple Music Tips

I just purchased and downloaded an audiobook from iTunes store and would like to burn it to a CD for back up and to play in my car. How can I make it happen?

Now, increasing people prefer to enjoy a story or relax their eyes by listening to iTunes audiobooks. But the audiobooks downloaded from iTunes Store are protected; you are not able to move it to non-Apple devices for enjoying. Although you have burned the audiobook to a CD, it is not possible to play in your car. That is really inconvenient and frustrating! You may also want to burn some valuable iTunes Audiobooks to CD for backup or playing in the car. In this article, we will walk you through of how to burn iTunes audiobook to a CD.

1. What do You Need to Burn iTunes Audiobook to CD?

A computer: Your computer must have a disc drive that can burn discs.
A blank CD: You can choose a CD-RW or CD+RW disc which can be written to multiple times.
Disc-burning software: You can burn a CD of your music or playlist by using readily available software, such as iTunes. If you want a more professional program, you can try Any Video Converter Ultimate.
A iTunes Audiobook to CD converter: If you want to burn iTunes audiobooks to CD for backup or playing in the car burn, you need to convert iTunes Audiobooks, so a powerful iTunes audiobook to CD converter is needed.

NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter, an all-in-one audiobook conversion tool for iTunes and audible content, is born to help users legally convert iTunes audiobooks, M4P music files and Apple Music songs. And it supports toconvert Apple Music files, audiobooks, or other downloaded music from iTunes or MP3, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, or ALAC format at 10X faster speed with keeping lossless audio quality.

The following is the detailed tutorial to guide you to convert iTunes audiobooks and burn them to a CD. Please download NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter first before getting started

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2. Tutorial about How to Burn iTunes Audiobook to A CD

Part 1. Convert iTunes Audiobook

Step 1: Add Audiobooks to NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter

Select "iTunes App" download mode and click button "+Add", there will be a pop-up window showing you all the iTunes music and audiobooks you've downloaded. Click "Audiobooks" and now select the audiobooks you want to convert and click "OK".

Step 2: Choose Output Format

Click "Setting", then you will see a pop-up window which allows you to choose output format (MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC), conversion speed, output path, etc.

Step 3: Start Converting

Click "Convert" and all the audiobooks you selected in Step 1 will soon be converted from M4B format to AAC format.

Part 2. Burn iTunes Audiobook to A CD

After conversion, the next step is burn well-converted iTunes audiobbok to a CD. iTunes is the primary tool recommended by Audible to burn your audiobooks to CD. Before using iTunes to burn audiobook to CD, make sure you have installed the latest iTunes on your Mac or PC.

Step 1: Import Converted Audiobook Files to iTunes

In iTunes, choose File > New > Playlist to create a new playlist and type a name for the playlist, then drag & drop the files into the newly created playlist.

Step 2: Burn iTunes Audiobook to A CD

Insert a blank CD disc, waiting until the disc is recognized. After that right click the playlist and select "Burn Playlist to Disc", then adjust the burning setting, and click "Burn" .

Tips: Except iTunes audiobooks, you also can convert Apple Music files and iTunes M4P music to MP3, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, or ALAC format with NoteBurner iTunes Audio Converter and burn them to a CD.