Well, i thought about it but i haven'n done it yet - and kphotobook is still not running complete.
but compiling is not difficult: unpack the tar-archive change into the new directory, open a shell, type ./configure --prefix=/usr ,wait and watch, if you get something like *run make now* just type make, then become superuser and type make install. Give it a try!
But if it fails, run make uninstall and make distclean, maybe its better...
If i built a .rpm, i post a message.
Bye
Haagon