IPod shuffle and problem with Audible files

I just fought for about 8 hours with my new Shuffle because it would not play my Audible files even though I read everything available about how to do it correctly and I updated/reset/upgraded/reinstalled/redid everything repeatedly and was about to send it back for an exchange.
Whenever I tried to play an Audible file, the Shuffle would just die and then the (newly charged) battery would instantly drain to nothing and I'd have to recharge it before trying it all again. (I was NOT trying to play the files in shuffle mode, and I was NOT trying to play Audible type 1 files, so this was not the problem. Also, the Audible files played just fine in iTunes.)
The problem was that I had downloaded the audiobook files from Audible when I bought them, and then had stored them on a CD. Then, when it was time to put the files on the Shuffle, I just pulled them off the CD back into iTunes. I did this, of course, because I didn't want those large audiobook files stored on my hard drive.
I eventually tried downloading FRESH FILES from Audible, instead of using the files I had stored on CD. The Shuffle was able to play these FRESH, NEWLY DOWNLOADED FILES from Audible.
Seems like there'd be some mention of this somewhere in all of the troubleshooting guides I've been through. What a pain.

Lawrence,
Why don't you buy the audiobooks from Audible and then archive them until you want to download and listen to them. Then once you've listened you can delete them from your iTunes Library and no hard disk space is needlessly occupied on your machine. And, if you want the book again in the future, just download it again -- the download time is probably considerably less than the time you take burning CDs, plus you save the cost of the CDs, plus the "fresh" downloads work on your Shuffle and the CDs don't.
Roger

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