IPhoto photo book picture quality

I am hoping someone could answer my question.
I recently ceated a photo book through iphoto. A majority of the photos used had been edited to make them brighter.
I recieved the book today, only to find that the photos seemed to of been printed without the edits. meaning that the photos seem to
have remained dark. I know that screen resolution is diffrent to a printed picture, but these just seem way to diffrent from want I wanted.
Anyway, was wondering if anyone has an answer for this or could tell me who I should contact to complain.

What did your preview show - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040
What color profile do the photos have? People who have ignored the recommendation to use sRGB and used Adobe RGB instead often find the printed photos darker due to the color profile
And as a rule Apple's recommendation that you do minimal editing and do it using iPhoto rather than other programs appears to provide the best results. The is a high volume consumer product designed for optimum quality using point and shoot cameras and consumer level editing in iPhoto
Obviously since the order process sends a PDF it is impossible for the printer to use anything different from what you sent
Contact Apple support if you want to see what they will do
LN

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