Audiobook download from iTunes stuck on "processing"..

This morning tried to download an audiobook from the iTunes Store on to my iPad and it's got stuck at "Processing"... Where it's now been sat for the past three hours!
I've enough space on the iPad for the download and I'm using my home wifi. I've tried doing a reboot of the iPad and thought that had sorted it - when I went back into the iTunes 'Download' section it again counted up through the download, only to get stuck again at "Processing". Never had this problem before when downloading music, movies, TV, or other audiobooks. Any ideas, anyone?

Further to this - I made the mistake of tapping in a couple of places and it's now vanished altogether! There's now no "Downloads" section to see in iTunes, it's not listed anywhere in my Audiobooks section my music library. When I've gone back to the iTunes Store, it's like I've never even purchased it (even though I've had my receipt through from Apple)!

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