Audiobooks in ios5 Music App

Ok, so everyone has already complained that the new Music app in ios 5 is a shockingly poor replacement for the old iPod app, but my issue goes a little deeper.
When I try to play a non-audible audiobook in the Music app, it only plays the track I selected, it does not move on to the next track. Quite annoying if you have 3000 tracks of 2mins long per audiobook....
If I install the iPhone Audible app (come on Audible, when are you gonna support iPad users properly), it can access my non-audible audiobooks, but it screws up the chapters...
I am literally pulling my hair out at this point. The iPod app was solid, why change it for something which has significantly reduced functionality. Fair enough if Apple and Audible have made a deal for all audiobooks to be played through their app, but their app isn't perfect and hasn't been built around the iPad platform.
The Music app on ios5 is a major step backwards... Please fix it ASAP

Hi Covuniracer,
When you play a non-audible audio book in the music app, is the book defined as an audiobook or just as music? Are the book files MP3's from CD or M4A's from CD or WMA or protected WMA? I'm asking because I have similar issues and I'm finding that the format of the original file seems to determine the eventual failure.
I have 3rd gen ipod touch 32Gb just upgraded to IOS5. Error symptoms are:
1) WMA/DRM transferred audio books:
a) Don't show up anwhere except in a play list. They show up in iTunes, but not anwhere on the ipod -- not as a book, not as music.
b) Track title are now 3-6 digit numbers. Album, Author, TRACK numbers, all missing.
Changing the setting (Devices, Summary Tab, reduce to 128kbps) has no effect.
Restoring and loading the iPOD as a new device had no effect.
Updating the apps on the IPOD has no effect.
2) MP3 transferred from library audio books:
a) Show up as music and will play if I leave them there, but if I tell iTunes they are audio books, they show up in audio books on the iPOD but will not play. They play fine on iTunes and on my shuffle. Putting these into playlists has no effect on their behavior.
b) I can get the Music app to recognize and play an MP3 audiobook as an audiobook for a short while by doing the following:
First, get it playing as a music file. Pause it. Start ITUNES, plug in the IPOD and redfine the book as an audiobook. Then sync, exit, unplug the pod. The book will still play from where we left it. Back track to the ALBUMS page-- its blank now, nothing shows up. Go to Audio book. It now shows up as an audio book and will play. Now if I go back to Albums, the expected stuff shows up on it.
This only works for a little while. As soon as I switch to the 2nd track, none of the MP3 audiobooks "fixed" in this way will play anymore.
Changing the setting (Devices, Summary Tab, reduce to 128kbps) has no effect.
Restoring and loading the iPOD as a new device had no effect.Updating the apps on the IPOD has no effect.
3) MP3 audio book ripped from CD seems to work fine. (SK Gunslinger)
4) M4a (ripped by earlier version of ITUNES) audio track seems to work fine.
Level 5 dance music shows up in Music, 64kbps AAC audio audio file. All the "fields" are good
Also: I move books to the pod by drag and drop only, I do no auto syncing.

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