How Do I Listen To Itunes Audiobooks On My Iphone

How to Transfer Audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone

Are you looking for the method about how to transfer audiobook to iPhone? This guide will show you how to transfer audiobook from iTunes to iPhone in 2 ways.

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Transfer Audiobook from iTunes to iPhone

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Like reading but have no time to read books at home, and most of your time is on the road? Listening to audiobooks on iPhone is a good choice to make full use of the time when you are on the road. Absolutely, to listen to audiobooks on iPhone, you need to get audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone firstly. If you are an iPhone newbie who just gets one new iPhone like iPhone 12 or iPhone 12 Pro max, then you may feel confused about how to sync audiobook to iPhone. Therefore, here in this guide, we will offer you 2 ways to help you transfer audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone smoothly.

Also Read: How to transfer data from old iPhone to iPhone >

Part 1. Transfer Audiobook to iPhone with iTunes

Download the audiobook you want from iTunes.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer with a USB cable.

Step 2. Click on iPhone icon at the iTunes window and then in the below menu choose Audiobooks.

Step 3. Click on Sync Audiobooks and then choose the audiobook you downloaded just now.

Step 4. Tap on the Apply button in the bottom right to start transferring audiobooks.

Transfer Audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone

The above steps are about how to transfer audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone via iTunes. It seems to be very simple for you to make it, but when you are syncing with iTunes you may meet some problems, like audiobooks are not shown on iPhone after syncing or fail to sync audiobooks to iPhone, or lost all the music and ringtones after syncing. What if you are stuck in any situation above? Keep reading to get another method to sync audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone.

Part 2. Sync Audiobook from iTunes Library to iPhone

Do you know how to restore the iTunes Library data that will not erase the original data on your iPhone? Next, we recommend a professional data transfer tool — PhoneTrans. With PhoneTrans, you can easily transfer all the media files saved in the iTunes library, such as audiobooks, videos, music, books, and podcasts to iOS or Android devices without any data loss. Let's check how to use it:

Step 1. At first, you need to free download PhoneTrans and launch it on your computer > Choose the Phone Restore> iTunes Library and then click on the Start Transfer button.

Click on the iTunes Library

Step 2. Connect your iOS device to your computer and it will detect your iPhone automatically > Tap on the Transfer button.

Start to Transfer from iTunes Library to iPhone

Step 3. Please select the Audiobook to restore and click the "Transfer Now" button.

Select the Types of Data

Part 3. Transfer Audiobook from iTunes to iPhone via AnyTrans

To help you manage your iPhone data such as audiobooks with ease, here we introduce to you an iTunes alternative – AnyTrans, which supports you move audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone (iPhone 12/Pro supported) without erasing the previous iOS content on iPhone. Here are its main features you may be interested in:

It allows you manager audiobooks from iPhone/iPad.
Quickly and safely sync audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone.
Transfer audiobooks from iPhone to computer and iTunes library for backup, and even transfer them from iPhone to other iDevices directly.
Also, you can manage and back up iPhone data with ease, including photos, music, videos, contacts and more.

Now download and install AnyTrans on your computer firstly and follow the steps below to copy the audiobook to iPhone:

Step 1. Open AnyTrans > Plug in your iPhone to the computer, and you will see the interface as below.

Transfer iTunes Library Data to iPhone

Step 2. Tap on iTunes Library > Click on Audiobooks > Select the audiobooks you want to sync > Click Send to Device button to download audiobooks to iPhone.

Transfer Audiobooks from iTunes to iPhone

The Bottom Line

Not just audiobook, you can also transfer music, videos, apps, podcasts and ringtones from iTunes to iPhone via PhoneTrans without erasing your previous data on iPhone. And you also can manage your iPhone contents better via AnyTrans, download it for a try. If you have any questions or problems when using AnyTrans, be free to contact our team by email.

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