Any news about book support? (either from adobe or 3th party)

Question

So far I have only made 2 books using lightroom and the software from my publisher!
And the books have turned out very nice, BUT the workflow has been hell! :(
So when you see something like this:
http://www.apple.com/aperture/tutorials/#publishoutput-book
You just want to cry, trust me if I was not forced to use windows, I would probably buy aperture just to make books ... lol
but someone PLEASE tell me that adobe or someone else is working on a way to do this in lightroom ??? :)

Answer 1

See Ian's note on Books here:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lightroom_2_beta/lr-2_2.htm
Specifically:
"Print quality from Lightroom has always been highly regarded, but the absence of: Soft Proofing, Output Sharpening, Print to File, Print Packages and Books meant that some users had to look elsewhere when preparing their work for print. With the release of Lr2beta we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that Soft Proofing and Books are not included, and it's highly unlikely that either will be included in the final version. Whether the inclusion of the others is sufficient to offset user disappointment is another matter."
As Jeff was saying in the Aperture thread... Apple wants you to buy a Mac so you can use something as nice as Aperture ;-)