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Here is a cool site where you can download a whole origami book~!

http://design.origami.free.fr/albertino ... amania.htm

Happy folding~!

That is an old link. The new link to Nicolas Terry's shop is
http://www.origami-shop.com/

and here is the direct link to the three free books there:
http://www.origami-shop.com/free-ebooks-xsl-218.html

The list of models in Origamania is given at the Origami Database:
http://db.origami.com/book_contents.asp?BookID=836

Note that the free e-book version has a few extra models not included in the original book in the database link above.


Mike

I would also encourage anyone to download this book.
It's great for practice folding, and has some satisfying models, such as dogs, stegasaurus, horse, scorpion , and the popular " Dumbo" elephant.
A considerate gift to the origami community !

I am having a problem where every time I try to download it safari stops responding

To codystar55:
We may be able to help if you provide some basic info, such as type of computer( Apple, I assume), size harddrive, processor, if temp cache is cleared, permissions, Adobe plugins for pdf. etc.
You might also check Apple support , either online or in store.
The Origamania ebook is about 27.7 Mg, so I hope that you have a fast connection !
Good luck !

on older computers with a slow connection, i don't think it works because before i got my new computer it wouldn't download and even now it takes afew minutes.

codystar55 wrote:I am having a problem where every time I try to download it safari stops responding

Do not try dowloading it by clicking directly on the link because it points on the PDF file that is about 30Mb and so your browser could not respond until the download is completed (and it takes a lot since the band available is quite low, 9/10 KB/sec)

Better to do right click on link and choose "save destination as".

I downloaded the books when they came out - last year (?) And, they downloaded OK at that time across my broadband connection.

So, I tried to download using my iMac and Safari (and with Firefox).

In both case, I got this message (translated from the French):

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We have detected that your IP address opened too many connections to our web server.
We remind you that these practices are unnecessary and strictly made for the sole consequence of slow servers.

If you want to store data, you can use this service: http://dl.free.fr that we put at your disposal.

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So, my question is - has anyone successfully downloaded within the past few days ? [If so, then I will try again, to help the debugging process.]

- Hank Simon

53 seconds to complete download.
Right click on link and no troubles.
Average speed 12KB/sec

Win XP + FireFox

Ditto. I had no problems downloading on Sunday morning. Maybe the Server was busy previously.

Jank - This is what I did, using Safari on an iMac with fast download:

1. http://www.origami-shop.com/free-ebooks-xsl-218.html (Select a book)
2. http://www.origami-shop.com/panier-fleu ... 8-646.html (Panier Fleur)
3. Right Click on Download it HERE (Selected Download Linked File)

A minute later, I had the downloaded PDF.

HTH,
- Hank Simon

Downloaded the book some time ago and folded the grasshopper. I like!