Interactive booklet not playing

I have had many interactive bookelets download when I have purchased entire albums. However, I can never get them to play. The show as a .mov file but are of 0 sec in length and neither iTunes nor QuickTime will play them. How can I access the interactive booklets?

Hi there, I've the same problem and numerous mails from Apple have failed to resolve the issue. I've included the latest in a long line of missives.
Here's hoping you have better luck!
An interactive booklet is a Flash file that provides some animation and a
way to interact to with the content that isn't possible with a PDF file.
The ones I've seen look a lot like a DVD menu, with options to see more
information about the artist or album. That's also why you have to have
Flash enabled before you can view them.
To view the interactive booklet, please be sure that you are using the newest version of iTunes, 7.0.2.
If you are using the newest iTunes version which was released this week, you will need to follow the steps below to view your interactive booklet:
1) Open iTunes.
2) Since you're a Mac user, select Preferences from the iTunes menu.
3) Click the General icon.
4) Make sure there's a check in the box next to "Play videos" and then select "in a separate window" from the dropdown menu.
If you continue to experience problems viewing the interactive booklet, please refer to the following article:
iTunes 7 won't play interactive booklets purchased from the iTunes Store
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304388
PB Ti   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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