Can I make a textbook with Pages?

I'm planing to write, design and print a 100 pages textbook, is it possible to do it all with Pages?
I ask because Pages interface is way more easy to use than Quark or Adobe's software, buy I'm not sure if Pages is powerfull enough.
- The book will include pictures and a lot of exercises, not just plain text, so I will work with Pages that way, not as a text processor.
-I will want to print it as a professional-looking book so I obviously can't do that using my home printer. Will Pages be good as a base document format for a printer company? Or will they laugh at me?
Any help or tips are really welcome.
Thanks!

Pages 5.x would be a poor choice because it lacks over 100+ features, most key features for a book, like linked textbooks and facing pages.
Pages '09 is an excellent choice. I have used it to make up Manuals, Cook Books and Travel Guides. It is fast to work with and produces very attractive pdf files and with some work, ePubs.
Both versions of Pages are not really suitable for Press Ready work. I don't know of any Printers who will accept .pages files and the .pdfs from Pages are not Pro grade and suffer from color management and specification problems as well as lacking bleeds and crop marks.
Peter

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