That’s strange gwk1967,
I use 01/xx or 001/xxx track numbering on all of my audiobooks and have not had any problem. I typically name them like this for the files associated with a given audiobook;
Same Artist
Same Album
Title is usually “Album - 0x of xx” or “Album - CD 0x - 0x of xx”
Track is always (since I switched to the clip) 01/xx or the 3 digit equivalent.
What firmware version are you using? I am running V02.01.32A. Something else that might be different is most of my books are not labeled with the audiobook genre and they are typically loaded in the music folder (though I don’t think this second part matters).
Wes