Well looks like some progress:
It seems the problem really is an issue with my home firewall, (I won't bore you with the details but you can always look here
http://forums.isaserver.org/m_200210...htm#2002100622 ) which I have partly solved and got my book (plus the one I got refunded for
), but I had to dl to my other laptop, so a bit of work and I have them on my cybook with nicer covers and everything!