My Photo Book - PSE 8

I am using PSE 8 Help video tutorials to assist in making a Photo Book but would appreciate extra assistance.
I have 2 x PSE 8 catalogs running on two seperate laptops and every photo is captioned. For the final photo book I would like:
My work area to be an external hard drive.
To create a single new catalog on the same external hard drive comprising copies of select albums from the existing two catalogs.
Carry forward each caption on every photo.
I am not technical and do not understand how PSE 8 manages captions. For example are they:
Written onto the image (photo) permanently? or
Held in a linked text file?
If it is 2 above and the external hard drive is to be stand alone do I need to have both image (photo) copies on the external drive ie the original plus original with caption?
Is what I have outlined above technically possible using PSE 8?
It is really a coffee table book that I would like to create and PSE 8's book making functionality appears to be limited, most obviously in book size. This being the case once I have created a draft of My Photo book what services does Adobe offer to take this to coffee table size presentation?
Thanks

Hi PSE Fan
I realise that you most likely have many enquiries to follow up with.
However if you are able to respond to my earlier request, see below I would
greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
Shoopa
Can you please provide a step by step instruction on how to create on my
external hard drive a single catalog for common use on the network?
My starting point will be copying selected albums from each catalog on my
respective laptops and merging them into this new catalog (created above).
Because I am not technical can you also include in your instruction how I
map my external hard drive so that it (the catalog) is fully operational
from either laptop?
Thanks

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