Making books without moving images

I want to Make a few books drawing on picture in various projects. I do not want to move the images and thought of putting the book folder type thing in a Smart folder but that is not possible. How can I make a book that taps into the entire set of projects using keywords to select the images and without moving the pictures themselves?
I tried several things but obviously not savy enough.... Thanks for any advise.

This question by tallphotoguy is very similar to yours - you might join forces.
After you studied the user Manual chapter that Kirby Krieger pointed to, you will see that your original plan to create a smart album is very good, if your images are distributed over many projects.
The key to success is to plan ahead and to define the criteria what you want in the book as rules:
Let's assume you want to make a book of wildlife pictures from the last 10 years:
You will have to tag all wildlife pictures with the keyword "wildlife"; then create a smart album with rules like: "rating is greater or equal *****" and "keyword is wildlife" and add perhaps a rule for the date range and or the location.
Select the images in your smart album and then create the Book. It will contain references to all the images. But the images will not be moved from their containing projects.
Regards
Léonie

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