Scanned in - Iphoto doesn't read...

I'm new to Iphoto and wanted to make a book for my mother in law's birthday.
So I scanned in a bunch of photos to Iphoto library - they appear and are RGB .jpgs - but they don't show up. Then I tried to import and it said unreadable format so I saved one as a TIF and still not read.
Want to make a photo book but having major frustrations...also, how long does it take for Apple to turn it around once I DO get that far -
Many thanks-
Andy

Andy,
So I scanned in a bunch of photos to Iphoto library...
That's your problem. iPhoto doesn't know they are there, but it won't import them because they are already in the iPhoto Library folder. The solution is to scan to a location outside of the iPhoto Library folder - a Desktop folder is the most convenient. Then import from that folder, and delete it once the photos are in your library.
Regards.

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