Larger preview of presets? Book Capability?

This is a feature request for LR3. I would like to see the preset preview larger than it is now, possibly in the actual photo pane and display as before/after does now. This would allow critical editing judgment to be used while being able to see the effect of the preset on the actual size of the photo before committing.
Or, I would like to see the preview pane resizable to in effect accomplish the same thing. I realize this would mess up the pane system you all have going, so feel free to ignore this portion of my request.:)
Most of all, thanks for listening to your users. I am a Mac user, and use LR over Aperture originally due to the lower hardware requirement. I could use LR on an old G4 but could never have used Aperture on that equipment. I do envy Aperture users their book making tools that are absent from your product. I would really like to see some solution for this in LR3 or maybe LR4. Thanks again for the forum.
Ever higher,
Christopher Murphy
www.christophertmurphy.com

I've only printed "mini" books from Apple, and was actually pretty pleased at overall look, the res...the color and tonal matching, was surprisingly accurate as it was on screen in the book preview. But the mini books are really tiny, so resolution flaws, I would think, would be masked. I don't think I yet trust printing in a bigger size with Apple. Actually, I can't figure out how to, in Aperture, get a paper back, like the mini, at a larger page size. It doesn't seem to have that option. I won't buy iphoto 8 just to do that. I'll just go to Asuka or some other printer. But was wondering if I'm missing settings in Aperture.

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