IPhoto '09 book themes

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that I've updated my web site of iPhoto book theme descriptions to reflect the changes in iPhoto '09: http://www.lizcastro.com/iphotobookthemes
There you can find descriptions and examples for every single layout in every single iPhoto book theme. Most of the new stuff is about maps and the Travel theme, though there are minor changes in every theme.
You can still find information about iPhoto '08 themes as well.
Hope you find it useful!
best,
Liz

Thank you so much for all of your work - your site makes planning a book (and sometimes trouble shooting one) so much easier
Now on to calendars
One minor comment (so far) there is no iPhoto '07 - it went from iPhoto 6 to iPhoto '08 (version 7.x.x) to iPhoto '09 (version 8.x.x) just to see how carefully people pay attention
LN
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