Combining 2 different iphoto "books"?

My friend and I would like to collaborate on a photo book. Is there a way for each of us to create iphoto Book files and then import individual pages from one computer to another to create a single, master iphoto book? (Via burning the entire iphoto book onto a dvd?)
Thank you!

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You can combine the content into the same library and have it authorised to play back, but you cannot change the ownership.
Adding content from one library to the other can be achieved in a variety of ways, are your two libraries on different computers or in different user accounts on the same computer.

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