Finding ICC profile

I'm using Lightroom 3.2 and am wanting to use the Blurb colour profile. I have downloaded this profile and so far have put it into the following locations as indicated in various websites.
Users/user/library/colorsync/profiles
HD/library/colorsync
HD/library/colorsync/profiles
HD/library/colorsync/profiles/recommended
I can see the profile in Photoshop proofing and load it easily. But I'm not seeing it in Lightroom (I would expect to see it as Export, file settings, other, and then load it. I can see lots of other profiles for my printer etc but can't see the Blurb profile.
Second point if I export to this profile, once I can add it, presumably I can't see how the image is looking under this profile until I look at the exported file so then don't know how to process the image to get what I want once it is printed. Maybe I am misunderstanding something basic.
Matthew

For Blurb, if you are using InDesign or another application to create your book, then you open the image from LR in PS, convert to the CYMK profile from Blurb and use this in InDesign. Alternately just use the image as sRGB and the distiller file from Blurb will make the correct output settings any way. I wouldn't bother converting to CYMK myself as Blurb will do this anyway,
If you are using the Blurb software to create your book you will be best outputting the images from LR as sRGB and letting Blurb take care of the conversion.
If you wish to use softproofing to see how your final images will look (very approximately as the paper type and viewing conditions also effect this), you can use the CYMK blurb profile to do this in PS
Personally I would find the best way is to purchase a proof copy of the book itself as this is really the only way to see how your images will appear ion the page.

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Thomas
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