ITunes not capable of shuffling Audiobooks???

Hi. I have a playlist with hundreds of Audiobooks on it. I would like to listen in a random order. (So I don't get sick of one Author) So I turn shuffle on and after one track is finished playing, instead of playing another track at random, the play discontinues (like it reached the end of the playlist.) (Even though there are still hundreds of items on the playlist.) I think this is because all my audiobooks are set to 'Skip when shuffling'. So I try to uncheck the 'Skip when shuffling' box, but it is greyed out and won't let me.
is iTunes incapable of shuffling audiobooks?

I just upgraded to iTunes 7.1.1.5 and most of my audiobooks now have 00:00 time and will not play. It took the majority of my books away. The titles are there but not the content. I tried to put a saved book back in the library but it would not copy to iTunes. This is quite upsetting because I listen to books daily out of my iTunes Library. Any suggestions? How do I report this problem? I need to get this fixed. Can I go back to my last iTunes version? What was the last version? If I reinstall it will everything go back to normal? I would appreciate any help!

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