Iphoto alert - 'can't find original' while creating ibook

I have iphoto photo book 98% complete. touching up a last few photos. An alert pops up saying can't open because the original can't be found. Photo image is in place in the book! How can the program not 'find the original'? very frustrated. I tried moving the images (8) again from Lightroom to iPhoto library. Still not working.

What happens when you go to the photo in it's Event and try to open it in the editor? Do you get the message or do you see the fuill sized version?
That alert comes up when the library has been set to be a "referenced" library (the photos not copied into the library durning import but just represented by alias files) and the original photo has been moved from the location it was in when imported.
Check iPhoto's Advnaced preferences to see if the copy checkbox is checked:
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