Audiobooks purchased from iTunes store doesn't show up in most audiobook apps

I purchased my first audiobook recently.  I saw it at Amazon on my pc, but decided to purchase it at iTunes (on my pc) because I figured I'm going to be transferring it & listening to it on my iPhone so I might as well purchase it at iTunes.  Well, I'm wondering if that was a wise decision because I'm finding that the audiobook I just purchased can’t be located in most audiobook apps.  There are a few apps that can play it.  For example: 
The default Music app in my iPhone:  but the disadvantage is that it doesn’t seem to have the bookmark feature which is probably the most important feature for audiobooks.
Audible: This is the app from Amazon which found the audiobook but all the chapters have been removed since it was purchased from iTunes.  Had I purchased it directly from Audible/Amazon, then the chapters would have remained intact.
Most other audiobook apps are more interested in having you sign up with them and getting your audiobooks from them.  That’s fine but it seems counter-intuitive that they don’t play existing audiobooks you may have purchased from somewhere else (like iTunes).  I’m actually surprised the iPhone doesn’t come with a default audiobooks player (with bookmark feature). 
So for now I plan to stick with the Audible app and purchase future audiobooks from there (in order to keep the chapters intact).  Can anyone recommend any other way to do it or another app that will play audiobooks purchased from iTunes that have a bookmark feature and keeps all the chapters intact? 
iPhone 5
iOS 7.0.2

Regarding the default Music app in my iPhone, I also play alot of songs in that app.  If I play a song after I listen to the audiobook, wouldn't it last stop at the song instead of the audiobook?  That's why a real bookmark feature would be nice and that's why I'm surprised Apple didn't come out with such an app.

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