OK, I'm new at this, but it CAN'T BE THIS DIFFICULT.............

I have an audiobook on CD(s).  In Windows Media Player it showed up as "Unknown Author", "Unknown Title", "Unknown Genre", etc.  I edited the Title, Author, and TRIED to guess at the genre....  Ripped it.  File is sitting on the hard drive, with 97, yes NINETY-SEVEN mp3 tracks just from the first CD.

First question:  WHY is everything unknown, and how do I get it to be recognized by Windows Media Player?  AND, how do I consolidate all these ridiculous tracks into a single mp3 file for the whole CD?

Tried putting it on the Sansa Fuze.  Put it in Podcast.  It doesn't know it's an audio book.  The tracks are sorted alphabetically instead of numerically - so it plays track 1, then 10, then 11, and so on, then eventually 2, 20, 21, etc.....

Second question:  HOW do I get this to put the tracks in the right order?

So, I rummaged around the Internet and found a discussion that said an audiobook that's mp3 format should just be loaded as music.  So, I formatted the memory and reloaded.....  In "Music", it THINKS it should shuffle, and wants to start with track 83.  I've turned off everything I can find, but it STILL KEEPS SETTING SHUFFLE TO ON.......

Last question (for the moment): HOW do I shut off the idiotic shuffle TOTALLY.  FOR THE WHOLE THING. SO I NEVER HAVE TO FIGHT WITH IT AGAIN?

Somebody tell me the truth - is this device just utterly unusable for audio books?  Or is there some secret code I have to find so it'll work?  I'm going to be traveling, and there is no way I'm going to be able to fight with this thing while I'm driving, so I need to have it work correctly...

Thanks, all.......