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I reduce my stars to three for most people, but four or five for me since I listen to Audible books 90% of the time with the MP3 player. I really liked what I heard about this player for audiobooks until I saw the review that said that it does not bookmark. I thought so, too, but I discovered all you have to do is press the Play button and it brings you back to where you left it. (see details below of the steps, but they are 1. Turn off while playing 2. Turn on. 3. Press play. Starts where you left off. Sound The sound is beautiful. It is the only flash drive player I have found that handles Audible format 4 which is the highest and is comparable to MP3. The next lower is format 3 and is comparable to FM radio. Format 3 is the standard for most. I tried it with NetLibrary audiobooks which is available from a number of public libraries. I had the same problems with the Sansa that I have had with the Creative Muvo (see below) so I think it is the NetLibrary format. Volume Knob I did not find the volume knob hard to use when it was out of the case. I have not tried it in the case. Case There is a trick to get the player out of the case. It goes into the case top first so the top of the player is at the top of the case. All you have to do is press with a little pressure on the the top of the case - toward the bottom of th case - to ease it out of the bottom of the case. Display The elapsed and remaining time digits are WAY, WAY too small. ############## Additional information on the bookmark. I am beginning to suspect that there are different versions of the firmware on different ones. Works with Audible Audiobooks Here is what I am able to do consistently. I have tried in different chapters of a book and in different books. While listening to an Audible book. It is playing... 1. Hold the side button until it shuts down ...it will shut down when you hold down the side button for 5 seconds - it counts down with squares on the screen and then when you let up, it shuts off. 2. Press the same button to turn it on.It is now NOT playing, but it DOES show the title of the book and its chapter on the screen. 3. I press Play and it starts exactly where it left off. Bookmarking Does Not Work with Music I WAS NOT able to get this or any other form of bookmarks to work with music. This is definitely a screw-up. Problems Using NetLibrary audiobooks. I have problems with NetLibrary audiobooks with my Creative Muvo MP3 players as well. These are being used by several public libraries, but not all players - iPods don't work at all - work with their files. The problem I have seen is that files longer than about two hours do not show a longer length or they show as 00:00 in the elapsed time. Cable Not Proprietary Another point was made that the cable is "proprietary." The cable is not proprietary. It is a USB 2.0 A-Mini 5-Pin B cable. I didn't think it was proprietary because my Creative n200 has the same cable. To be sure, I bought two different makes and designs (one regular, one retractable) from Radio Shack tonight. They worked with no problems with the Sansa e140. Does NOT take three to four minutes to start up with card. I have an e140 with a one Gig SD card. I timed it. It takes 10 SECONDS!