-- NOTE: Booktypes can be inferred from using a for loop to find the keys of SPELLBOOK_PAGENUMBERS
BOOKTYPES = { BOOKTYPE_ABILITY, BOOKTYPE_PET, BOOKTYPE_SPELL };
	
	function FindBookThingyByName(name, booktype)
		local spellName = "smurf";
		local subSpellName = "Rank 5";

		-- thanks to Munelear for the nice loop condition :)
		while spellName do
	  	spellName, subSpellName = GetSpellName(index, booktype);
	  	if ( ( spellName ~= nil) and ( string.find(spellName, name) ~= nil) ) then
	  		return index;
	  	end
		end
		return nil;
	end

	function FindSpellByName(name)
		return FindBookThingyByName(name, BOOKTYPE_SPELL);
	end
	
	function FindPetByName(name)
		return FindBookThingy(name, BOOKTYPE_PET);
	end
	
	function FindAbilityByName(name)
		return FindBookThingyByName(name, BOOKTYPE_ABILITY);
	end
	
	-- will return an index and then a book type.
	-- if the thingy is not found in any book nil, nil will be returned.
	function FindInAnyBookType(name)
		local index = nil;
		for i, bookType in BOOKTYPES do
			index = FindBookThingyByName(name, bookType);
			if (index ~= nil) then
				return index, bookType;
			end
		end
		return nil, nil;
	end