Can others order my photo book for themselves?

Question

I created a memorial book for a friend and many people want to order copies of it. Is there a way they can do this centrally rather me having to order each one and pay for them.

Answer 1

Lorrie:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. No, there's no mechanism for that. If they are Mac users you can duplicate your library and in the duplicate delete all of the photos that are not in the book and any albums, slideshows, etc. Then burn that iPhoto Library folder to a CD via the Finder. Any Mac user can then copy that folder to their desktop, open it with iPhoto (launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and select the book library when asked) and order it themselves.
Better yet, open the book and type Command-P. Then under the PDF button in the Print window select "Send PDF to iPhoto". That will create a jpg file for each page and import them into iPhoto. From there you can import them into iDVD and create a slideshow complete with music. (I prefrer to use iDVD to make the slideshow instead of iPhoto in that, IMO, I get better image quality in the final product.) Then burn a DVD for each person who would want one.
It's wise to do a Save as Disk Image so that you can preview the final product with DVD Player before committing to disk. Then you can burn as many copies you need with Disk Utility. Much faster than going thru the encoding and burning for each copy. I do this for each book I make as a gift. They play great thru a TV set.
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.