MarkAble is designed for audiobook listeners who own an Apple iPod or iPhone, or who use iTunes to listen to such books. Or podcast listeners wanting to be able to combine and bookmark their saved files.Audiobook files bought from the iTunes Music Store or from Audible.com are ‘bookmarking’ - that is, the iPod / iPhone (or iTunes) remembers the point of the book where you were up to, and resumes from there when you start listening again. This, of course, is vital.

However, there are many other sources of audiobooks. Such books may be in a variety of different formats such as MP3 files (for example, from podcasts, www.audiobooksforfree.com or www.telltaleweekly.com), or audio CDs or tapes you may have bought. MarkAble makes it easy to merge a large number of tracks or individual files into a few files which will bookmark on your iPod

General Features:
* Much faster, as it no longer needs to convert to MP3 first
* By default converts direct to AAC format (m4b files, note however that MP3 audiobooks are still supported if you prefer)
* Merges AAC files directly
* More reliable (I hope!)
* Embeds chapter stops at file/track boundaries or at regular intervals
* Embeds image and sets iTunes artwork/thumbnail.
* Optionally sets iTunes encoder bit rate for you and restores previous settings on exit.
* Much nicer and easier to use interface.

Homepage: www.ipodsoft.com