The new Photos compared to iPhoto is not user friendly

I have used iPhoto Book functionality to publish a book and it was very intuitive and user friendly. In 1-day I had the 45 pages book done.
But now with the Photos user interface, I have spent a whole day trying to figure out how it works.
For example it does not let you move a picture to another part of the page. You have to remove it and place it again. By removing it you have to locate it again in the list of unused pictures. The Unused pictures are place in one row in the bottom and you have to scroll back and forth to find the pictures.
In iPhoto, you could browse easily inside each theme to choose the most suitable for the purpose. Now this is not possible or at least I did not find out how.
I read that with Photos, I can see my pictures across all of my devises. The question is how? The help function does not explain it. Do I have to move them in iCloud? When I tried it tells me that I have to buy extra space and nothing more!
Why did Apple how to change something that was stable and was working all fine? Photos went down twice in 1 day's work. Now it looks more like a "windows" functionality application....

The second rule of computers: never upgrade software in the middle of a project.
That being said, if you had iPhoto 9.6.1 prior to upgrading to 10.10.3 you can still open the iPHoto Library with it and complete your book. The iPhoto app will still be in the Applications folder.
If you had an earlier version of iPhoto try the steps listed in this post by Terence Devlin for obtaining iPhoto 9.6.1 from the App Store:
Terence Devlin
Apr 14, 2015 11:21 AM
Re: Is Iphoto gone ? i want it back!
in response to Johannes666
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Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1
If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash
Install the App from the App Store.
Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.

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