Many audiobook lovers choose to purchase audibooks from Audible.com. However, audiobooks purchased from Audible are protected by Audible DRM and can be listened to on limited devices and players. How to break the Audible DRM restriction? Converting Audible to MP3 or M4B is the best option. There are different ways to convert audible books to mp3 but not all tools can keep your audible chapter information. Today, I will show you the easiest way to keep chapter information while converting Audible book.
Convert Audible with Chapter Preserved
Preparation before converting audible books: download Audible to AAX Format.
Log in to your Audible account and click on "Library", you will see all your purchased Audible books. Usually, there are two Audio quality options-Enhanced and Format 4. Please select "Enhanced" quality to enable all your downloaded books in .aax format.
Updated 08/31/2020: Amazon has removed audible format 4 option and moves to Audible enhanced format only at the end of July in 2020.
Note: Only when your downloaded Audible books in AAX format, when you convert it to m4b, the chapter information will be preserved. If your downloaded Audible books in AA format, the converted m4b file will not keep the chapter information. There is no need to worry about this because all the audible book you downloaded to your computer will be in AAX format only now.
Step 1. Get your tools ready
Epubor Audible Converter is the best Audible book converter tool with the fastest conversion speed. With it, you can convert audible to mp3 or m4b with the original quality. Now it supports both Windows and Mac system.
Step 2. Convert Audible with chapters
Open Epubor Audible Converter, then click on “+Add" to add the Audible books. If you are using the Windows system, it will directly go to the folder storing the downloaded Audible books. When the Audible books have been added successfully, please select M4B as the output format. Then click on "Convert to m4b" button to start the conversion.
When the conversion has finished, the output folder holding the converted m4b file will pop up automatically.
Now you can import the DRM-free Audible book to any media player for playback. If the player supports chapter information, you will see converted Audible file with chapter information when you play it.
Only two simple steps, you will get the DRM-free audible files with the chapter information kept.
Friendly Tip--Split Audible into Chapters
Besides the above mentioned how to keep chapter information when convert Audible books, some one may ask if there is anyway to split audible into chapters? Sure, you can easily split audible into chapters with Epubor Audible Converter.
1Add Audible books to Epubor Audible Converter.
2Click on the "Option"button and then select "Split by chapters" in the pop up windows. Then click on "OK". If you want to apply this splitting option to all audible books, please tick the check box before ”Apply to all".
3Then select "MP3" or “M4B" as the output format, the click on "Convert to XX" to finish the conversion. Once finished, the output folder with the converted audible file will pop up. Instead of one single file, you will see a folder named the same as the Audible book title. Just open it, you will see the splitted audible files.
Trial limits notification:
1. The trial version only can convert 10 minutes of each audible book.
2. Splitting audible into chapters is available in the paid version.
No matter you want to rip audible to mp3 with chapters or split audible into chapters, Epubor Audible Converter is your perfect choice. Do not hesitate, just download the Epubor Audible Converter today to enjoy your Audible books freely now!
Iris Yan the passionate member of Epubor since 2017. Her mission is to enhance your ebook reading experience by sharing insightful tips and tricks. Join her on a journey towards reading excellence today!
Hi, Why do I need to convert the same file in m4b and then, again into m4a - when Only the m4b file will contain the chapter information?
Even in your sample vidoe, you are importing the m4b file into your player...
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Agreed.
Although literally you can DOWNLOAD it for free, to make the damned thing work you have to pay.
I'm using licensed mac version.