Audio Books on the iPad

I have yet been able to finish an audio book on my iPad2 without it being reset back to the start of it.  Is there a known issue here or maybe a bookmark feature I'm missing?
I listen to them using the "Music" app.
Thanks

I have seen this issue in the past on other iPods however it has been working fine on my iPad 3. Either the Music app starts to malfunction or crashes losing all playback data for that session. One work around that worked on iPods was to play a song when you are done listening to the audiobook. You don't have to play the whole thing, just start it then pause it. This forces the Music app to record the playback position to more permanent memory where it is not susceptible to lose.
I found the Music app on the iPad is lacking features and just seems un-finished. Hopefully it sees some major updates in the next releases of iOS.

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