Iphoto stalls when buying photobook

Hi
I'm using iphoto on a mac book pro (i7, purchased Aug 2014, fully upgraded).
I've created a photo book and am trying to buy it, but iphoto stalls on the "Your Order" page - none of the links/buttons do anything - except Cancel. I've checked activity monitor and nothing's happening in the background. iphoto doesn't seem to be using the network (i.e. it's not uploading in the background). I'm not getting any 'spinning wheel' or anything - just a big fat nothing happening.
I've already successfully created and bought one photo book. Created this second one in exactly the same way, but experiencing this issue.
Any suggestions for fix/diagnostics please?
Thanks in advance - Al

Hi
Tried again - same outcome.
I also looked at repairing the library as per 20025134#20025134, but this hasn't worked either.
Help!

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