Iphoto won't let me drag photos to a directory

I've been using iphoto for years to import photos from my camera, now all the sudden it's changed its behavior. After importing the photos, I drag them to the directory of my choice in Finder, but now it won't let me. There's a little icon with a circle and diagonal line that follows the photo when I drag it, and it doesn't copy to the directory, it bounces back to iphoto. Anybody know why this is happening? I'm running Mac OS 10.5.8 and iphoto 7.1.5. I've dug through the preferences and can't find anything relevant, and of course, "Help" is worthless.
Any help would be appreciated!
Rob

Well the reason it's not working is because iPhoto cannot find the files.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
As to the Workflow question
I don't want to use twice the disk space. I don't want a "Library". I just want the photos in the directories that I've created.
Then don't use iPhoto. Check out Image Capture (in your Applications Folder) for the job you want.
Regards
TD

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