IPhoto '09 Book to Aperture 3

Is it possible to transfer a book created in iPhoto '09 into Aperture 3?

I'm just hit this problem. I'm trying to reprint a book I made in iphoto and not only didn't it import the book to Aperture, the theme isn't available to re-create the exact book. I realize that Aperture is targeted at the Pro/Semi-Pro/Advanced users but not importing books and not including the same themes is really stupid.
I unfortunately went all in when Aperture 3 was released. I did a clean install of Snow Leopard and Aperture. Now I don't have iPhoto installed to revert to. Worse, I can seem to find the disk that had iLife 08 as I think it was pre-installed. Now I'm screwed, partially my fault (if I lost a disk which I doubt) but this was a really bad/stupid decision by the Aperture group. I have several books that I created in iPhoto that will now have the same problem.
I wish I didn't purchase Aperture at this point and will recommend to anyone who asks to wait until the Books can be imported (of course if that feature isn't required for you then it won't matter).

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    Léonie

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