can't open a zip file (Library Download)

Okay, I am so out of my depth that I don't even know if this is the correct community to post this question. Mea culpa if it isn't.


For the first time, I am using my local library's digital download service to "borrow" HP&Deathly Hallows. (We listened to the first 6 books on cassette, which shows how long we've been listening to Jim Dale.) I've been on the waiting list for about two and finally got the notice yesterday. It said I had 3 days to download it.

So I log in and used Firefox to download it. I get a zip file of HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHollowsUS.odm into my downloads folder. Then I attempt to open it. The default is "Archive Utility" which opens up for about a second. And then nothing. I try it again. I try "The Unarchiver" off the App Store. Try it some more. Still nothing. Nadda. I look in the Finder's "Downloads" folder and there are a whole bunch of HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallowsUS. They've got interesting suffixes like "-1odm 2.cpgz" and "odm 5.cpgz".

I don't know what any of these mean but how do I get the book into iTunes so I can listen to it? (And keep in mind that I take idiot-proof as a personal challenge.) There's kind of a time limit on how long I can have this book on my computer so I am eager to figure this out.


Any and all help greatly appreciated.


Brian

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Feb 28, 2013 7:50 PM

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Mar 3, 2013 7:12 PM in response to leroydouglas

Okay, I thought I replied yesterday but the message seems to have disapeared. Sigh.


So I got Stuffit Expander and I think I used it correctly. Possibly. Well...I have a folder with "HarryP.....HallowsUS 2.odm" And a "Harry....HallowsUS 2.odm.cpgz" on my desktop. And another "Harry....HallowsUS 2.odm 1.cpgz" on the desktop.


Can somebody tell me what I have to do next in order to listen to this audiobook?!? I seem to have uselss little copies of "HarryPotter" all over my computer; none of which are actually usable. Reading the library website, it seemed pretty idiot-proof, but , well, I guess I'm just a superior idiot. The one thing I did understand from the website is that I only have this copy for a limited amount of time.


Thanks.


Brian

May 25, 2013 5:16 PM in response to Coldwater Running

Well, the brutal truth is that I would have had a lot less trouble if I'd just spent a bit of time reading the Library website. Seems I can only check out audiobooks using "Overdrive Media". So I downloaded it and have had no trouble since. The books appear as albums in iTunes. It loses your place in the book so you need to keep track of where you are in the story but that is that only downside.

Sigh...Read the flippin' manual.

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