Proofreading is more than just a spellcheck

Reported in The Age, publisher Penguin Books Australia has had to pulp 7000 copies of the cook book Pasta Bible at a cost of $20,000.

The publishing company was forced to pulp and reprint 7000 copies of Pasta Bible last week after a recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people" — instead of pepper — to be added to the spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto.

A lesson on proofreading. Surely it would have been cheaper to print an adhesive label to put over the error and less wasteful.