We received proofs for two books today -- for the Virginia Tech turf management book and for the art book by Radford University professor Halide Salam -- and they both look ok. There were, of course a few minor errors, but it's hard to say whether or not they're worth changing at this point. The purpose of a proof is to insure that everything prints as desired, to allow for last-minute changes. It's the last chance to make alterations.
But how picky should you be? Is it worth it to make minor spacial adjustments? For example, if a picture is one-sixteenth of an inch off center, should we bother to correct it? It is visible, but barely.
Some printers discourage such minor changes by charging per page for every proof correction they have to make. One printer wanted to charge us fifteen dollars per page for even the tiniest of changes, such as the 1/16 inch correction mentioned earlier. Such a policy hardly facilitates last-minute scrutiny on our part. We understand that it takes work-hours to make corrections; but for the sake of creative integrity, some leniency must be granted.
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