How do I reorder a Photobook?

I have created a Photobook using the Photos app on my iMac. The book has just arrived and it's great. But I think I'd like to order a second copy. How do I do this? I can't find anything in the Photos app to tell me. I talked to Apple Support earlier today and they directed me to the Your Orders page where they said I'd find a reorder option. But there isn't one. They then set up a screen sharing session and discovered that, no, I wasn't mistaken, there isn't an option to reorder this book. They couldn't tell me how to reorder it. As other online photo sites make it dead easy to reorder, I can't believe this option isn't available through Apple. Any help would be much appreciated.

iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)

Posted on Sep 21, 2017 7:20 AM

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Sep 21, 2017 8:00 AM in response to maxharley

Apple used to keep the PDFs around for a few weeks, until the book has been delivered, This way they could check the original PDF, if a customer complained about the print quality. Perhaps it is just too late to order the book again. You could try to use the "report a problem" button on the Order Status page for your order and ask the store directly, if you can receive a second copy.

Sep 21, 2017 9:22 AM in response to maxharley

To help you with future books I suggest you create a new library for each book. You can assemble the photos for the book any way you want, in a folder on the hard drive or an album in your Photos library and then add them to the book library. This will give you a relatively small library that will be easy to store elsewhere so additional books can be ordered at a later date if so desired.

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Sep 21, 2017 7:53 AM in response to léonie

Ok. Thanks very much, Leonie. I was hoping that Apple would still have this book on their systems somewhere so I could just reorder it. I've kept copies of all the relevant photos on an external hard drive but once I got the book from Apple, I deleted them from the Photos app itself on my iMac because they had all been downloaded to my iPhone and were hogging a lot of space . So if the book I created isn't on Apple's systems somewhere, then I suspect I'm going to have to recreate the whole album again -- which will be a pain.

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