Photo Book file size

Hi!
What's a normal file size figure for a standard doublesided photo book in large format? I just compiled and sent away a book, and the file that was uploaded was around 13Mb. I thought that was kind of small and became worried that perhaps I had a less then optimal resolution preference set somewhere (I've done the DPI hack thing), but perhaps they usually turn out in this size. Any expericened Photo Book maker who can confirm?
Thanks a lot!
Erik

That may be about right. I just created a large, double-sided, 60 photo, 29 page pdf book thru the ordering process (canceled at the last window) that came in at 18MB. The pdf's that were generated with iPhoto 5 were much bigger .

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