How To Burn an Audiobook to CD

If you want to download audio books to CD you must be sure that it isn't for commercial purpose, but strictly for personal use as violating the copywriting laws can get you into serious copyright infringement problems.

Downloadable audio books are still under copyright even though you pay for them.

The only instance where they are no longer under copyright is when the authors or translators have died over 70 years ago. There are certain publications by government that are not under copyright.

You must make sure and audio book download is "only for personal use". This rule must be applied when it come to burning any downloadable audio book to CD or any other such formats.

If an audio book publishers does not want their books to be downloaded then they can easily disable the ability to burn the files to CD or other such formats.

To be sure that your audio book publishers allows this, do check it out before going ahead to buy.

It is essential and beneficial for you to check this out prior to purchasing any audio books that you wish to listen to on you CD player.

When burning audio books to CD, you might need more than one CD per book. An audio book of about 10 hours an take as many as 7CDs. Audio books can also be downloaded to your MP3 player or a DVD.

That being said, below are the steps to take to burn (or copy) any downloadable audio book into CD:

NOTE that the below instructions are based on Windows Media Player Version 10. If you are using an older version, you can download the latest version from Microsoft's website. Here's the exact link -

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download

First, the computer you want to use to burn the audio book to CD must be equipped with a recordable CD drive and CD-burning software.

In other words, it is this CD-burning software that can burn the audio book to the CD. And it is the recordable CD drive that can be used for this purpose.

Second, play the audio book on Windows Media Player. Ensure that you choose "Full Mode" when doing this, not "Skin Mode".

Third, you will notice the "now playing" information displayed on the right-hand side of your Windows Media Player. If it isn't displayed, you should click the "Restore the Video and Visualization Pane" button to display it.

Fourth, you can now click the "Library" tab. You will notice the "Start Burn" button displayed.

Fifth, at this point, insert the blank CD into the recordable CD drive.

Sixth, click the "Start Burn" button. Your Windows Media Player will begin burning the audio book to the CD you have inserted.

Lastly, if the audio book is larger than the CD (most always are), Windows Media Player will prompt you that it requires a new CD. You can remove the one inside and insert another blank CD.

When the entire burning process is finished, it will display the status as "Complete".

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