Photo Book Success Stories

i often read about the frustration folks have been having in ordering books. i was extremely apprehensive about ordering my own recently, based on the comments and feedback i've been reading. i did research on a few alternatives, but they all seemed to be just about even, and in some cases, the iPhoto process was the ideal choice.
anyhow, i sent in an order for a 36-page hardcover book. i changed the iPhoto PDF dpi preference, as recommended, to 300 dpi using PREF SETTER.
i also traced the PDF file down on my harddrive and previewed it before placing the order. everything looked fine.
the only thing i should add, is that the images in my book were all 7" x 7" RGB TIFF files. they were digital paintings done using only Photoshop and no photographic images. just Brush Tool artwork.
one thing I did, though, was to reformat the 7 x 7 size to fit the actual page size of the hardcover iPhoto book, which was 2592 x 1944.
i sent in the order with Express delivery. it arrived here in just about 2-3 days - a day faster than expected.
the book looks sensational. i was very skeptical, as i now had to order 3 more.
i went through the order process again, obviously much quicker this time.
the three books arrived even faster this time and looked equally as good as the first. the only noticable characteristics of the print quality were very, very small dot gains - only visible if you looked really closely.
kudos to Apple for supporting this process and offering this service with the application. this is something i've wanted to do for years but never had the know-how.
i'd love to hear about anybody else's success stories and what tricks they used to get the job done.

I'm just about to order my first book (the large size) for a gift and very happy to read the success stories. Before I go ahead with the order, I have some questions:
I have compiled the book and it's 'ready to go' but I am concerned if the resolution will be good enough. Can I change the dpi setting to 300 at this point or will I lose all the work that I've done?
Also, there's one caption box that's displaying the ! error symbol but there's no text in that box and I don't want to put text in it. Is this a bug and should I just ignore it?
And finally, is there any way to spell check before submitting the order?
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Whenever I want to send my photo book i get the message that the shop is currently not available? how long does this last? any troubleshooting? Who can help? I would like to have the books for xmas

Hello, Pascal
It does seem you have tried most of the things that help other users.
Although you do not say which iMac you use, as I understand your post, yours has a built-in iSight. If that is correct, when you look in System Profiler and click the following items:
you should see your camera information. If not, your iMac likely needs professional service. Before you go to see your Apple Service Technician, you can consider any of the following items that you think might be relevant. Although some of the following are not a remedy for no iSight in System Profiler, they might help you or other readers who can see their built-in USB iSights in System Profiler but are still experiencing the "camera in use" error.
Do you use the "Mirror" widget in Dashboard? That is one application that people sometimes forget might be running.
If you use an HP printer/scanner, check the suggestion in this post by parkersal.
If you have not yet tried all relevant suggestions in How to Troubleshoot iSight, do so now. Be sure to check whether the problem is application specific as well as user specific.
I understand that you have already reset the SMC, but, if the reset and other Troubleshooting suggestions you perform now do not correct your problem, you can try the following:- Repair permissions.
- Then download and apply the appropriate combo updater for your iMac:
Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update (iNtel) or
Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update (PPC)
- Finish with another Permissions Repair, and then check your iSight and System Profiler again.Users have reported fixes to a variety of audio, video, connectivity, and software conflicts and unreliability issues after properly applying Combo Updates, but if your iSight still does not show in System Profiler, I think you should see your Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service.
Please let us know what it takes to get sorted.
Cheers,
Jim

I get this pop up when trying to make a photo book in the iPhoto store. Some or all of the photos you selected were downloaded from your published albums. You can only view these photos. To use them in an album or a slideshow or project, you must import t

I get this pop up when trying to create a photo book through the iPhoto store.
"Some or all of the photos you selected were downloaded from your published albums. You can only view these photos. To use them in an album or a slideshow or project, you must import them to your photo library."
The photos I have selected have already been imported so how and why do I do it all over again?
What do they mean by published albums? I categorize them into photo albums for organizational purposes after I import them from my camera or phone. So why can't I put them into a book now?
I have over 400 photos selected for a photo book for my child's graduation gift so how can I tell which photos I have to do this to?
Please help. Any insight wouyld be appreciated.
Confused and frustrated...

Give this a try: apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #3, followed by #4 and then #1 as needed.
OT

I have tried to order a photo book. Both times it uploaded images etc and then after payment details a message pops up saying this album couldn't be processed. Please try again. Has anyone else experienced this? Can the photo books be printed in store?

I have tried to order a photo book. Both times it uploaded images etc and then after payment details a message pops up saying this album couldn't be processed. Please try again. Has anyone else experienced this? Can the photo books be printed in store?

Your screenshot is not visible.
Anyhow, try a different browser. What were you using?
Firefox is known to work well with the download manager when other browers fail.

Can't order photo book or connect to app store

I can't connect to the app store or order a photo book. took my computer to the see an apple genius today - they reset to factory settings and had me re-install my backed up applications from time capsule. still not working

Two things to try - to to the Apple store and re-enter all of your informatin into your account (do not just verify - re-enter) and be sure one click buying is on
A good general step for strange issues is to renew the iPhoto preference file - quit iPhoto and go to "your user name" ==> library ==> preferences ==> com.apple.iPhoto.plist and trash it - launch iPhoto which creates a fresh new default preference file and reset any personal preferences you have changed and if you have moved the iPhoto library repoint to it. This may help
This does not affect your photos or any database information (keywords, faces, places, ratings, etc) in any way - they are stored in the iPhoto library - the iPhoto preference file simply controls how iPhoto works - which is why renewing it is a good first step.
LN

Purchase photo book on UK Store from Australia

I want to purchase a photo book from the UK store for UK delivery, but it won't let me enter a Billing address for Australia? Without this, I cannot purchase because my credit card is Australian!

Generally the delivery address and billing address of the credit card used for purchase must be in the same country.

When making a photo book, my iPhoto freezes during uploading the book to the store after assembly. I have attempted this 4 times now and I don't know what to do! I know the file size is massive due quantity of large images. How can I get past this?

When making a photo book, my iPhoto freezes during uploading the book to the storey. I have attempted this 4 times now and I don't know what to do! I know the file size is massive due quantity of large image files, but I don't want to reduce the image file size and compromise quality in the book. How can I get past this?
My macbook air is os x 10.9, using iPhoto 11 9.5 (902.7).

Try Old Toad's solution here: See Re: iphoto : upload impossible to print a book
Try to boot into Safe Mode and order this way, or sign into a different user account and try to order as a different user.
Léonie

Can a completed Aperture photo book be placed on a website for viewing by friends? I already had several copies successfully printed by Apple.

Can a completed Aperture photo book be placed on a website for viewing by friends? I already have several copies successsfully printed by Apple? Thanks. Buzz22

There is no direct web publishing of a book, sorry. But as a work-around: You can print your book to pdf - select it in the book in the Inspecktor panel and use "Print book". Then select the "PDF" buttun in the print panel and save a pdf file. Upload the pdf to a server for sharing (ftp, Drop box) and send your friends a link or place a link to the file on a webpage.
Regards
Léonie

No confirmation # for photo book I ordered

I ordered a photo book through iPhoto it said the order was received successfully however I didn't receive a confirmation email as I always do. How do I know it was received and that it's being processed. I don't want to order it twice.
Thanks!

In the Apple store (store.apple.com) go to your account and check on order status
LN

My iPad isn't syncing properly - It says it is syncing but then none of my new music, photos, books, or podcasts have been added!

This is getting really annoying as syncing my iPad 1 now take forever. It says it is syncing and goes through all the motions, and it does sync my apps,
but none of my musi, photos, books or podcasts, even though it's only half full so it has plenty of space. What I do at the moment is use "autofill" to add the music and podcasts and then I drag the new books from my iTunes library to my iPad in Itunes (I have a PC, by the way), but I still haven't found a slution for my photos - at present it's supposed to add all the photos in one of my folders on the computer, but it hasn't added the new ones in a long while.
I suspect this might have started when I added iOS 5, but I'm not 100% sure. Another thing I had lots of difficulty with earlier is that the music I synced was all greyed out and couldn't be played, but I solved that by choosing "manually manage music and videos" in Options. This might be why it's not syncing properly, but last time I tried reverting that it just greyed out my music again! What do I do?
Oh, one last thing - the music and books I'm adding at the moment aren't purchased from the Itunes stores, if that helps. Just the podcasts, and they seem to eventually add themselves after the sync.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

Hey orangesarecool
Enable Manually manage music and videos and then drag and drop the songs that you want on there. Toggle it back to see if it changes.
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12313
iTunes 11 for Mac: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12113
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

IPhoto 7.1.5 on 10.6.8 Trying to Buy a Photo book

Hi,
I have been reading other discussion threads and I can't find exactly my question. I have iPhoto '08 version 7.1.5 on Mac OS X version 10.6.8. Everything was fine until I got the iPhone 5 and needed to update iTunes. I found I needed to update to at least Snow Leopard, so I did that and figured everything was fine now. That was until I made a photo book and tried to purchase it. Unfortunately, I got the following error message: We apologize for the inconvenience, but the ability to order books, cards, calendars and prints is no longer supported in iPhoto 7. Please upgrade to a newer version of iPhoto to order these products.
So, I have read a few posts that say I need to buy iLife, but I would never use any of the apps except iPhoto, so I would like to save myself the money of buying things I won't need. I also did a search and it looks like I can download a bunch of updates here: http://support.apple.com/downloads#iphoto
My question is, can I go update by update on this site without ruining my current iphoto events and projects? I have about 15,00 items in 243 events and I would hate for them all to get ruined.
Thank you so much for any help! I am desperate and would love my photo book.

It isn't possible to get a version of iPhoto which is new enough just through the downloadable updaters. You need to either buy an iLife DVD or upgrade the computer to Mavericks and get the Mac App Store version.
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APERTURE PHOTO BOOK WORKFLOW

I'm new to Aperture (1.1) and am looking for advice on the best workflow to create Apple Photo Books. Issues include:
1. Getting the correct version of the photo into the book
2. Copying the photos in correct order with a single copy/drag command
3. Ensuring there are no duplicates
4. Not having the photo name in the Book
I had created an Aperture Album for the Photo Book. Took care to drag the best version (which is the last version) of the photo into the album (with an error here). After numerous attempts, I gave up on trying to get the correct, better version of the photo into the Book (just re-edited the version I had). Tried to manually arrange the photos within the Album in the order I wanted to have them in the Book (they are ordered by date) but was unsuccessful in re-ordering. In creating the Book I had to individually drag each photo to it's page and had to manually keep track of which ones I was using (resulting in one duplication). As I was fine tuning the Book and rearranging the photos, there wasn't a place to temporarily store the photos (this is how I inadvertently got a duplicate). Also, I had to manually remove each photo name that was attached to each photo in the Book(perhaps there is an easy option here I don't know about yet?).
Interested in any pointers to expedite creating these Photo Books. Missing some of the iPhoto Book creation tools!
PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

i am no expert on books, but in the one i am working on, i set the image i wanted to use as the stack pick before i made my book selections. i always manually load pages, so i can't help you there. in the browser of my book, the thumbnails of images used in the book have a red badge in the upper right corner showing how many times they have been used in the book. that should help you with duplicates.

How do I find a photo book that was made on a Mac I no longer haave?

I am trying to print another copy of a photo book I made in iphoto on my brothers laptop several years ago. Is their an online account that would store the photo book?

Afraid not. When you order a book from Apple a copy is kept for 30 days or thereabouts then destroyed.

I want to work on a photo book on home, work, or ipad computers. How do I save a book or transfer it to another device?

I make photo books from collections of pictures using iPhoto and then order them from the Apple store. Sometimes I don't finish them on one of the computers I regularly use (macbook pro, iMac, iPad) and would like to save the partly finished book on a disk or thumb drive so I can transfer it to one of the other devices to continue working on it. It is easy to transfer all of the pictures, but I see no way to save a book, burn it to a CD or DVD, or transfer it over a network. You can delet the book or convert it to pdf or slideshow, but all I want to do is finish working on it before I order the book.

Either transfer the entire library to the MacBook Pro and work on it there or try the method described in this tutorial to reduce the size of a copy of the library to just the pictures in the book (and those you think you might want to use) and use that on the MPB: #9a - Archiving an iPhoto 7(08)/8(09)/9(11) Book for Editing and/or Ordering at a Later Date
OT

Why can't I change an iPhoto '11 (9.4.2) photo book layout without the page going blank?

When working on a photo book, I can initially drag and drop photos into the predetermined photobook layout designs without any problems. But when I want to change one of the pages from the iPhoto predetermined layout (e.g. from a 2 photo layout to a 4 photo layout) the page will go blank (by that I mean it will only have the background design) and will no longer allow me to add photos to the page, or choose a text only layout, or any layout other than a blank background design. I can delete the page which won't let me add photos anymore, and then add a new page which will, but the page layout is again a predetermined layout, which I want to change (e.g. a 2 photo layout, when I want a 4 photo layout).
As stated in the question, I'm running iPhoto '11 version 9.4.2, updated via the App Store in November 2012. I'm running the program on a 2011 iMac, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3, with OSX (10.8.2).
Please help.

Sound like you're trying to drag a photo to a folder which will automatically create a new album in that folder titled "Untitled". Make sure it's an album and not a folder you're trying to drag to.
OT

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