How do I turn the dern thing off??

Forgive my ignorance; I'm older than you are but newer to this technology stuff. I have a 5G iPod, and I know the manual said hold down the play/pause button space on the wheel to turn it off, but it doesn't seem to shut down; it just goes dark, then, when I press the "play" button, it lights up immediately where it left off. No apple, no boot up (or whatever you call it); just instant on. Am I missing something? I want to shut the thing down.
Also, while we're at it, there's a menu item on the iPod for audio books, but when I download an audio book (not from iTunes) or load one from a CD, it only appears under "music" in the iPod. How can I separate audiobooks out so that, if I want to play music continuously, I'm not interrupted by a lecture?
Thanks.

Ya the Off/sleep thing is how it works. When you hold down the Play button the iPod screen shuts off but the iPod is just sleeping. If you leave it off long enough it will eventually go into a more OFF state and next time you turn it on you will see the apple screen boot up.
Also, if the iPod is not playing and you don't touch it, it should turn itself off (well that sleep mode) in a couple minutes. So you can either leave it and let it turn off or push and hold the play button to force it to sleep. In either case, get in the habit of moving the hold switch (on top) to the hold position so it doesn't get accidentally turned back on in your pocket, a breifcase, etc.
Sorry, I don't listen to audio books, so can not help you on that one.
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