IPhoto Book Themes - Printed Guides

Hi,
Many of you are familiar with my rather obsessive site documenting all the different layouts that you can create with each iPhoto book theme: http://www.lizcastro.com/iphotobookthemes
I've long thought it would be handy to have a printable version, concisely laid out, to serve as a reference guide, right on my desk, while I'm creating a book. The result is 16 individual e-books (in PDF format) that exhaustively, concisely, and beautifully show you every possible layout in each of iPhoto's themes, all updated to reflect iPhoto '09 version 8.11.
Which theme allows captions? Which lets you put 8 photos on a single page? How do you get one large vertical next to two smaller horizontals? It's all laid out in these new ebooks.
I am giving away the Modern Lines theme guide for free for a limited time. The only thing I ask in exchange is feedback on how useful you think it is and if this is something you can imagine buying in the future (though of course, there's no obligation).
I will continue to update the Web site as well.
If you're interested in seeing the sample, just drop me a line. (http://www.elizabethcastro.com/html/contact.html)
kind regards,
Liz

there is no download - click here for a discussion on reinstalling themes.
LN

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