Why has my iPhoto book disappeared

From a google search it looks like my experience is pretty common.  I spend days working on a book and then it suddenly ceases to exist on iphoto.  I am using my new macbook pro so it must be the recent iphoto edition.  Tried alt/command reload but to no avail.  Really really annoying that it seems to be a common problem and it isn't yet fixed.
Anyone know a reliable alternative product to produce books and get them printed in Australia?  I don't think I will trust iphoto again.
cheers, Bill

Why has it disappeared? Some form of Library corruption.
Simple solution: Restore from your bck up.
Otherwise: Ths won't get your book back - that's what the back up is for - but it should prevent the issue recurring. Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.  

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