Quality of Hardcover books using 6.0.4

I read a few posts about the quality settings for the larger hardback books being lower than the smaller books. Has this been fixed in iPhoto 6.0.4? I know there was a modification you could do to change the dpi from 150 to 300 within one of the preference files but hopefully Apple have fixed it in the new release.
Can someone let me know before I send off my 100 page book.
Cheers

Sorry for the slight delay, the book arrived and here are my thoughts about it.
First of all for a 100 page book I though it would be thicker, but the cover and pages are of good quality so I can't have any complaints there. It arrives in an Apple branded card box which is a nice touch and protects the book perfectly.
As listed on other posts the front photo which is stuck on the front cover via self adhesive paper had already started to come off at the edges, I have repeatedly pushed it back down but will ultimately have to remove it and spray mount it back on again. The problem is the silk type surface of the booklet, obviously not the best surface to stick stuff on.
The print quality of the book is 'good' but certainly not great, I had extensively retouched and colour corrected my images before compiling the book and was quite happy with the colour reproduction in the printed book. Some photos showed signs of film grain but this was me pushing the enlargment process to the max so cannot blame Apple for this.
I think the book is printed 'digitally' as it certainly shows signs of this type of print process, not as smooth as litho printing.
I don't think the book suffers from any problems that are due to the 150dpi/300dpi debate, there were no signs of pixelisation or that the images were 'lores'.
It is also worth pointing out that the iPhoto software does not accomodate the centre fold so be extra careful you don't put any valuable pics on the inside edges of the pages. I lost some nice details that just dissapeared into the fold, it's a shame the software does not visualise this loss of space, if I was to resend the book I would move a few key images away from the centre.
To recap, the quality of the book is in general good, not excellent, could be better but I have to say I'm happy with it. Hope this helps.
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