Iphoto error message "NSplaceholder Mutable String nil argument"

I'm getting this error message every time I try to buy an iphoto book. I've talked to apple several times and reconstructed the books, deleted photos and the message is repeated each time and I am unable to assemble the books. Has anyone else had this experience?

One small precision regarding my post : see here the explanation that solved the problem.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306692

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