Iphoto vs Aperture for making photobooks

Hello everyone,
I am looking to make a high quality photobook for my parents. I would love to use iphoto however it is very restricting in not allowing me to add more text than the different formats provide. Also I have been reading in the forums that picture quality through iphoto is rather poor BUT these are old posts (2006).
So my questions are:has the quality issue been addressed on iphoto 08 and does aperture allow for greater felxibility in positioning, editing and writing more text. Is the picture quality far superior?
I really don't have the money to spend on new software at the moment however I will sacrifice if Aperture is truly worth it. In the end I would probably only use it to create photobooks....
Many Thanks,

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Only folks who have issues post here, so the few that have had a poor experience will, but the many who have been very pleased tend not too - it's for folks who have issues, after all. That said, I've seen very few complaints about the quality of the books and I note that folks usually have them quickly resolved by Apple. The key would seem to be time: order your book in good time so that if there is an issue you have time to have it dealt with.
Aperture uses the same Printing Service as iPhoto, but you do have more control over the layouts. Buying Aperture to only do this job though is akin to buying a drill so that you can use the butt end to hammer in nails.
Regards
TD

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