Audiobooks not remembering last position

I've seen this problem for years in the forums and have never submitted a comment thinking this would be resolved, but at this point I'm so frustrated, might as well resubmit this issue.
I listen to lots of audiobooks on my iPhone.  Sometimes while listening to an audiobook, maybe I want to press the pause button in order to do something like talk to my wife for a couple minutes.  When I press pause again, to resume my audiobook, the position is no longer in the same place, it may be an hour or so back from where I originally started.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not.  I'd say it's about 30/70 that is works.  Now I don't listen to more than one audiobook at a time (or music), so I'm never swtiching between books, I'm just clicking pause.
Yes, I've verified in iTunes -> Get Info -> Options that the Remember Position = Yes
Yes, I've read another post that says, if I want to pause, I should press pause, then start another audiobook and let it play for 5 seconds, then it will remember the first pause. 
As a software developer myself, it seems very simple to remember a position when clicking a pause button.  Apple, can you please fix this bug which has existed in your system for several years.
FYI, I'm using the iPhone 4 on the latest iOS (6.1.3).
Please, please, please fix this.
Todd

I wish it would just work but I found something.
I found it was happening when I downloaded directly to my phone. I now sync with itunes and delete book from iphone. then move it back to my phone and it works. Ugly but works for me.

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