Bug discovered in iphoto 6 after purchasing a book

Iphoto puts a book thing you can click on, on the right side of the screen after organizing photos and ordering a book. You can click on the book and then at the bottom click on the >> and select play. After a few seconds of music, iphoto locks up the entire computer so I have to hold down the power button and crash the computer. Then restart it to get anything working.

What system and Quicktime version are you running. You should be running the latest for each of them. If you have to update the system manualy download and run the COMBO updater for that version. Then repair disk permissions. Do you have any photos in the book that are black and white? If so are they grayscale color mode?
That being said I'd try the following:
1 - rebuild the library as follows: launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select the first three options.
2 -download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, putting your administrator login name, long or short, in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
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 written 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. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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