Free John le Carre audiobooks, Guardian, beginning tomorrow

DCFC79

Tried to download the first 1 on saturday but once it was finished i tried to open the files buts an error came up but im not only 1 having trouble it seems. Just trying again though. Beeing trying to re download the first book as a zip file and says file not found and the download manager keeps on wanting me to install java which ive already done.

easy

Thanks VERY much for this. I was just thinking of looking for some new audio books, but couldn't azfford to buy myself anything at the moment.

Please keep giving us the links for the rest of the books

DCFC79

Got java installed and its now downloading via the d/load manager

acc

clemmatis wrote: »

I did get The Honourable Schoolboy to download as a zip file but the others still aren't there

The zip download seems to be working for all three titles now.

DCFC79

acc wrote: »

The zip download seems to be working for all three titles now.

the zip download worked quite fast for todays book

clemmatis

Yes, I just found that out, about the zip download. I think they've taken the download manager away (it must have been bugged), I just get a zip now, and it works just fine

Hezzawithkids

I emailed Audiogo this morning cos I had similar troubles downloading. Just got the following back from them:

Dear AudioGO Customer,
Thank you for your interest in the FREE John le Carr! promotion in conjunction with the Guardian and Observer newspapers. We appreciate that many customers have experienced issues completing the download of their chosen titles. This has been due to a massive response to the promotion and a failure with one of the AudioGO servers to handle the large amount of redemptions. It is not an error on the part of Guardian News and Media Limited.
To complete your download please follow the steps below:
1 - Return to the AudioGO website and log in to your account using the email and password you used to claim your download.
2 - Go to 'My Download Library'.
3 - Click on 'Download' next to your title.
4 - Click 'Save' on the File Download window that appears.
5 - Select where you would like to save the folder. Your download will now commence and may take a while, dependent on your internet connection.
6 - When the file has downloaded extract the MP3 files from the folder. You extract the files either by right-clicking with your mouse (on a PC) then following the instructions on screen or (on a Mac) you should be able to open the folder straight away. You can then import the MP3 files to your player of choice. More information on this process is available on our Help page. ( http://www.audiogo.co.uk/help )
We apologise for any inconvenience or difficulties caused by this technical problem and hope you enjoy your audiobook.
With kind regards The AudioGO team.

Have gone back to my library and the books are now merrily downloading!!

DCFC79

clemmatis wrote: »

Yes, I just found that out, about the zip download. I think they've taken the download manager away (it must have been bugged), I just get a zip now, and it works just fine

the download manager is still an option

London££

here you go its working now

Dear AudioGO Customer,

Thank you for your interest in the FREE John le Carr! promotion in conjunction with the Guardian and Observer newspapers.

We appreciate that many customers have experienced issues completing the download of their chosen titles. This has been due to a massive response to the promotion and a failure with one of the AudioGO servers to handle the large amount of redemptions. It is not an error on the part of Guardian News and Media Limited.

To complete your download please follow the steps below:

1 - Return to the AudioGO website and log in to your account using the email and password you used to claim your download.
2 - Go to 'My Download Library'.
3 - Click on 'Download' next to your title.
4 - Click 'Save' on the File Download window that appears.
5 - Select where you would like to save the folder. Your download will now commence and may take a while, dependent on your internet connection.
6 - When the file has downloaded extract the MP3 files from the folder.

You extract the files either by right-clicking with your mouse (on a PC) then following the instructions on screen or (on a Mac) you should be able to open the folder straight away. You can then import the MP3 files to your player of choice. More information on this process is available on our Help page.

We apologise for any inconvenience or difficulties caused by this technical problem and hope you enjoy your audiobook.

With kind regards

The AudioGO team.

Hezzawithkids

Well that was short lived - I got one book downloaded and I'm getting :

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