Book Preview and Adjustments

This issue has been somewhat covered in other threads (see for example <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5397022>, <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5807886> and <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1263401&tstart=15>) but in the hope of sparing someone else a number of very frustrating days finalizing a book, here goes.
There is an apparent serious bug in iPhoto 7.1.1 that causes the creation of a book pdf to fail whether via Preview or Save as PDF. The failure mode is inconsistent, sometimes manifesting itself as a blank dialog box with only an OK button, and sometimes the pdf process seems to complete. But when the error occurs, some of the photos in the pdf are garbled or missing. (Clicking OK allows the pdf creation process to complete but photos are missing or garbled.)
The cause appears to be using the Adjust panel in the book mode to make final modifications to one or more photos. In my case I was doing final sharpening on some photos. The failure mode is intermittent. I have tried to reproduce the error using various test cases, but have not been successful. But when the error occurs, the only way to clear the problem is to remove the edited photos and rebuild the book pages that contained those photos. In my case, I deleted the affected pages, added in blank ones and added back the same photos - but without any book mode adjustments. You can make the adjustments in the photo browser edit mode. It may also be possible to simply reset the book mode adjustments, but I didn't try that.
The workaround for now is to do all your edits in the photo browser edit mode. Do not use the book mode Adjust panel.
I ran into this problem on a G4 iMac but in troubleshooting it, found that the problem also occurs on an Intel MacBook, so it is not hardware specific.

Have you reported it to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html?
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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!http://www.biscuit.demon.co.uk/carta/cartaenglishrep.gif!
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!http://www.biscuit.demon.co.uk/carta/carta_korean.gif!
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