Cook-book misprint costs Australian publishers dear (BBC)

eppur_se_muova

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Sat Apr-17-10 07:42 PM
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Cook-book misprint costs Australian publishers dear (BBC)

An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.

Penguin Group Australia had to reprint 7,000 copies of Pasta Bible last week, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.

The reprint cost A$20,000 ($18,000; �12,000), but stock in bookshops will not be recalled as it is "extremely hard" to do so, Penguin said.

The recipe was for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8627335.stm

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Rabrrrrrr

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Sat Apr-17-10 07:44 PM
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1. I use salt and people all the time to season my food.

:shrug:

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charlie and algernon

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Sat Apr-17-10 07:46 PM
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2. those books not recalled will be going for thousands of dollars at book auctions

just you wait, 5-10 years from now, they'll be considered rare books by collectors

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MiddleFingerMom

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Sat Apr-17-10 08:55 PM
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3. Not only...

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...was "pepper" spelt wrong... but sardines and prosciutto with spelt is wrong, wrong. wrong.
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So much fail.
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tango-tee

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Sun Apr-18-10 12:01 AM
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4. What's wrong with spelt?

But I agree on the prosciutto/sardine/spelt-fail.

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