IPhoto Book photos going negative

Making a book in IPhoto. Past ones were super. But now an issue. I am dropping in black and white images into the pages. These are scanned files from Nikon Coolscan and converted to jpgs. When they drop, they appear as a negative, reversed from the file. I can change the page design and sometimes that gives me the positive but not the layout I want. Also many thumbnails of black and white images appear solid black in the IPhoto album I'm drawing from. Any advice? Would upgrade to new ILife make any difference?
IPhoto 6.0.6
thanks,Art

To add to Larry's caution if you are going to use one of those photos in a book I'd export it to the desktop, verify that the modified/cropped version is in fact sRGB mode, reimport and replace the first version with it. Better safe than sorry.
OR, look at my post in this thread for a way to fix all of them in the library at one time: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7363387#7363387
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.≤br>
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

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