audible problems

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It sounds like your iPod may be encountering a software glitch. I would recommend restoring the iPod to factory settings on your computer.

That is very strange. Which version of the iPod Nano do you have?

My thought process on this problem would be that the book is corrupt but since it works on all your other device then we can throw that idea out. Are you able to put any other audiobooks on the iPod and test to see if they play all the way through?

The easiest way to tell the difference between the 4th generation and 5th generation nano is to see if it has a camera on the back of it.

It sounds like you have the 4th generation, 5th generation Nano was the only iPod Nano to include a camera. I apologize but I am out of solutions at the moment. I am going to think about this and get back to you when I figure something out.

I've occasionally encountered a similar issue, where Audible audiobooks will stop playing and jump to the next audiobook (if there is one) on my iPod. This isn't specific to one model of iPod - I get the same symptom on three different nanos - 2nd, 3rd and 7th generation. I've not found a definitive resolution but it does seem to be related to possible data corruption during downloading from Audible - even though the files play correctly in iTunes, when played on an iPod the problem is repeatable in that playback will always stop at the same point, and that repeatability applies across the three iPods.

I've noted this happening if the Audible Download Manager times out while downloading - even though it reports successful downloads on resumption. I have reported the issue to Audible/Amazon but they've not been able to confirm the nature of the problem or provide a definitive fix. My workaround procedure is to download Audible files at work (faster/more reliable internet connection than at home) and then either use a thumbdrive to transfer to my iTunes system at home or to ZIP them and transfer via OneDrive.

That's what I thought but all their other audio books played just fine on the iPod.

When you play on other devices the media files are downloaded again, and I suspect are in a different format from that used by iTunes. Where I have had the problem on my iPods the first thing I check is that the same audiobook plays correctly in iTunes, on my phone, and on my Surface tablet - these are always fine.

I agree that the issue is specific to iPods but I've found on multiple occasions that it can be resolved by re-downloading the files from Audible and re-syncing. The other possibility is an issue with the code that verifies that you've authorized your iPod to play Audible downloads (your Audible id is embedded within the downloaded files), which results in corruption of the data as it is being transferred from iTunes to iPod. I have approx. 200 Audible audiobooks and this has happened with less than 10% of them - enough to be annoying but not enough to fully determine the underlying cause.