LR 4.1 - Book Disappears

I have been working on a book over the past few weeks. I finally had it pretty much the way I wanted - 48 pages and over 140 images. On a final runthru, I noticed an image that I wanted to improve. I selected it in the filmstrip, went to the Develop module, made the changes, and returned to the Book module. Book was gone. The cover was still there, and the first image in the book, but it was now 2 pages instead of 48. I'm going to be very reluctant to try that again unless someone can help me understand what went wrong. Thanks
Colin

The numbers showing the allocations to the page are there still initally once the bug occurs, but they eventually dissapear once the 'book' realises that none of the pages have any photos now. Like I said using text was the only factor I could see that made the error occur. Can anybody say they weren't using text in their photobook and this happened still? double
This image attached is an example of what I would have had done on a page before it crash and lose everything
I'd have maybe 10 double page spreads like this. Always using that 2 image and 1 text box layout on one of the spread pages.
I believe it occured when I perhaps went to the develop module to edit a photo and come back.
When this happened the screen would go blank and I wouldn't be able to see anything in the book module, not even a blank layout. Just all the tool/menu bars around.
I would then have to restart lightroom and when it openned back up all books would revert to default state.

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is there a file for a created iphoto book? i created a book and later when i opened iphoto, it just said loading book and it never loaded. the pictures are still in the library but the book is gone. is there any way to find it now??

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did you have any problems before the book disappeared?
iPhoto books can be between 20 and 100 pages (10 to 50 sheets of paper) - you can not go below the minimum or above the maximum so that is not the problem
Books do not really exist - they are virtual things that exist only in the iPhoto database - so you can never see them except using iPhoto
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URGENT !!! Book disappeared. Need help.

Hi,
I have been working on a book in Lightroom continuously for the past 7 days. When I say continuosly I really mean 24 / 7. I took my vacation time in order to work on this project.
As I was working on Lightroom today on this book it simply disappeared all of sudden. I can't see it. I do have a back up of my catalog from several days ago but reverting to this back-up means that I would have do redo approximately 80% of the book and will not have the time to do that.
What could have possibly happened ? How can a book I have been working on in the book module for the past 7+ days and that contains approximately 200 pages simply disappear ?
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John and all other members,
I wanted to follow up on this thread. I have been waiting for the results of this experiment in order to post my views here. I just received the Blurb book I ordered yesterday and would like to share some of my findings as well as some questions or concerns. Since this is an older thread I will also post this as another post or thread so others can read it and provide their input in case they miss it here.
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After that I downloaded Blurb's InDesign template for the same book size I had created in Lightroom (in my case the large landscape, 10" x 13"). I was able next to place the JPEG images on the first 60 pages of my InDesign book and then just continued from there. The JPEG images were placed on a layer of their own. Next I locked that layer so that no changes could be made by accident and created additional layers for the other elements. I continued to place my images on the subsequent pages (from page 61 forward) as well as to place additional elements such as text, image caption, page numbers and others. These elements were placed on the initial pages on layers above that containing the JPEG images exported from Lightroom. They were also placed above the image layer on the subsequent pages. When the book was finished I exported the book using the Blurb downloaded PDF export preset. The book was submitted as a PDF to book. The uploading took less time than I anticipated and, with the exception of the price (I wish it would be a bit more reasonable), everyting went very smoothly.
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4. Lightroom export to InDesign document for those who wish to add, refine or edit the book in InDesign.
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If Apple made easy adding "Third-party books" for people, why is Apple making bugs in order to make people byuing stuff on iTunes?
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Sorry about your loss.
I've about given up on iBooks on all my platforms. I have Calibre on the Mac, which is capable of converting lots of formats to epub (which iBooks can use) and then using Stanza on my iPad as a reader. I complete the sync using Files on the iPad/Phone, but I think that Calibre can also sync directly. The Tech support folks for Files say it won't be updated in the future, so you stand the risk that it won't work at some point, but for now, it's a great solution for me.
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