If your audiobook is several hours long, it’s not practical to listen all at once. Splitting it into chapters makes it easier to manage—you can jump to any chapter you want. After splitting, the audiobook works more like a book, letting you pick up right where you left off. The methods below will help you split audiobooks into chapters while keeping the chapter information intact.
Method 1. Split Audible Audiobook into Chapters with Epubor Audible Converter
Epubor Audible Converter is the best tool to hep you split Audible audiobooks into chapters. It's also the the best Audible DRM Removal to help you decrypt Audible audiobooks and convert Audible books to MP3, M4B or MP4.
Step 1. Download and install Epubor Audible Converter
Step 2. Import audiobooks into Audible Converter
Launch Epubor Audible Converter. Click Login, choose your Audible region, and the sign in Audible within Epubor Audible Converter. Click "Refresh" button, the audiobooks in your Audible library will be added in the left side of Audible Converter
Step 3. Split Audible audiobook into chapters
If you need to split your audiobooks into chapters, Audible Converter is your best choice. It lets you divide large Audible files into smaller parts or split them by chapters. Simply check the ‘Split by chapters’ box to get started.
Step 4. Remove the DRM and Convert Audiobooks to MP3
Then click the Convert button to start splitting your Audible book into chapters.
Notes:
Compared with mp3, m4b audiobooks allow you to store digital bookmarks which make it easier for you to jump to the point where you last left off. And also the m4b format is more suitable than mp3 for an Apple device like iPhone, iPod, iPad since it's specially used by iTunes to store audiobooks.
Note:
Epubor Audible Converter can only split DRM-encrypted Audible audiobooks by chapters. To split other regular audiobooks, please use Method 2.
Method 2. Split MP3 Audiobook into Chapters with Audacity
Audacity is a free tool with full versions available for different operating systems. If you want to split DRM-free audiobooks into chapters, Audacity is a great option. It supports various output formats, including MP3, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, and more.
Step 1. Download & Install Audacity
Download and install Audacity by selecting the version that matches your computer system.
Step 2. Import Audiobook into Audacity
Launch Audacity. Click "File > Import > Audio" to add audiobooks into the interface.
Step 3. Edit Start and End Timing
Play the added audiobook and determine which timing to split. Below the "Audio Position", you can find the current timing number. Once you want to split, stop playing and edit the timing number into the "End" box. The timing you want to start a chapter can be edited below "Selection Start".
Step 4. Export Selected Audio
Click "File > Export Selected Audio" from the top menu. In the pop-up window, choose the audio format, select a storage location, and rename the file if needed.
To export the next chapter, enter the new start time under "Selection Start" and set a new end time to define the next section.
Conclusion
With these two methods, you can easily split audiobooks into chapters and manage your listening time. The first method is the easiest and most efficient.
Epubor Audible Converter lets you remove Audible DRM, convert audible to MP3 or M4B or MP4, and split large files into chapters as needed.
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Why do you want/need to split the books into smaller parts? With larger segments, especially the full book, you can always see how much more is left. And if you use the sleep timer, you know you set it for say 20 minutes and you can easily go back up to that amount to restart.
Can you actually split them into chapters? And if so, why does it matter? Maybe I read differently. I read/listen until I fall asleep or have to do something else. I never care where I am in a chapter.
I really hate the books that are split into several minutes. They are so difficult to manage. If you are streaming them then go into a dead-zone, such as the 20 minute one I have on my hike, many times I can't listen to my book during that time period.
you can automatically convert whole library. Opus is great format for audiobooks with 48 kbps bitrate in same quality as 128 kbps mp3 (eg. 1/3 of space/bandwidth).
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Hope you can help
All of my audio books have the DRM removed
My older Sansa Clip players would stop playing when the Audio book reached the end of a chapter but all the newer players of any make I tried to this point just keep playing
Do you have any thoughts that might help?
Dave
I'm not sure what's wrong with your "other players" but I guess maybe you can try to edit the "settings", maybe it will help you. Or you can also visit the official website support center for help about that player.
Tks.
It can demux & split the chapters (without re-encoding) to mka files, which you could optionally rename to aac, as that is what they are.
I cant access Epubor audible convertor without a license? My friend the author accidentally purchased the Epubor Ultimate for me to use to help him split the audiobook into chapters. I sent an email to the address from Epubor when they sent the confirmation email of purchased. Now their email address doesn't exist?
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