I found this article on Fox News fascinating.
Fox looks at a rather esoteric part of the publishing business, Bible proofreading. The company in question, Peachtree Editorial and Proofreading, just finished the proofreading of the newest conservative Bible translation, the Holman Standard Christian Bible. They spent over two years on the process, making sure the avoid errors like this one...
>>>A list hangs in the Gundens' office as a reminder of just how much rides on their work. The list, a collection of notorious typos found in the Bible, features one prominent error from a 1631 King James edition: "Thou shalt commit adultery."<<<
As cofounder June Gunden says, proofreading the Bible is a whole different story from proofreading a regular book...
>>>With an ordinary book, "you can put up with more because it's not something you're basing your whole life on," June Gunden said. "It's information, but it's not really life-changing information. It's not something you believe to be infallible."<<<
Interesting stuff. It is indeed a calling more than a job.
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