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joev66051531
joev66051531
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December 4, 2018
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Lightroom book not saving edits

  • December 4, 2018
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I have laid out a 74 page large landscape lightroom book. I am making edits to the text and every time I leave the book the text changes and the photo positions are not saved. How do you get it to save you edits? Thank you.

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Busbybryant
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May 24, 2019

I am running LR Classic 8.3 and just had the same thing happen yesterday. I lost all my book layout and it seems to have reverted to the initial version I created when I did the first save. Is this not fixed somewhere?

Rob_Cullen
Community Expert
Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 24, 2019

Hi,

it seems to have reverted to the initial version I created when I did the first save

Can you explain "when I did the first save"? Was there a second save?

What exact steps did you take to re-open the book?

There is only ever one "Save" possibility for a book-

When you first start a new book you get the tab to [Create a Saved Book]. This then creates a "Book Collection" in the Collections panel. Any time you return to editing this 'saved' book you MUST Double-Click this Collection to go to the Book Module. Any work then done on this book is automatically saved in the Collection.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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Busbybryant
Participating Frequently
May 26, 2019

Correct and thanks.

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warrenh2388939
Participant
December 10, 2018

I'm having  the same experience with the book module in Lightroom Classic CC release 8.  Created a book, autofilled using my custom layout, saved the book as a sub-collection, made modifications, went to develop module (pressing "D"") on one image, came back to the book module and everything was blank.  No - clicking on the book sub-collection directly rather than the book module in the top menu does not bring anything back.  Also notice that swapping photos does not work right, the photo being moved to swap does go where intended but the other photo is then just removed from the book and not swapped. (Using drag one photo on top of the other).  I've spent hours on this and cannot get saving or swapping to work.

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wileyrittenhouse
Participant
December 10, 2018

My experience is the same as chrisb123456. This is totally unacceptable. I keep trying to finish my book project only to slam into walls within the app. If we need to install a previous version of LR, this implies that the current version was not ready for release. We all pay a lot of money each month for these tools so we expect the ones that are released to work as advertised. This is what's known as broken trust.

Mohit Goyal
Community Manager
Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
Community Manager
December 4, 2018

Hi joev,

We're really sorry for all the trouble. Could you please let us know the exact version of Lightroom you are using now? Also, please refer the below forum discussion and the offered suggestions.

How do I save a book in progress in Lightroom 4.2?

Let us know if that helps.

Regards,

Mohit

joev66051531
joev66051531Author
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December 4, 2018

I am using release 8.0

Is there a fix to this? It keep not saving my work. This is making it impossible to use Lightroom book module. This must be fixed. Thank you .

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