Corban Wilkin

My Antarctica is coming soon from Candlewick Press!

“What’s a proof?“

Glad you asked.

A proof is a printed copy of a book that’s about to be published soon. The author/illustrator takes a look through it and makes sure that the colours look correct, and checks for visual glitches or design misunderstandings. Then, if there’s time, the publisher can change these things at the last minute before the book goes to press.

It’s the best way to make sure an error isn’t printed and bound thousands of times!

I work with proofs a lot in my day job editing images for photo books, and it’s surprising how easy it is for oversights to remain in a book right up until press day. When you’re immersed in a book every day, you become blind to things that might be obvious to someone else.

That’s why it’s so useful to get fresh pairs of eyes on a book at the proof stage.

Pre-order My Antarctica in the USA from Amazon, Target, or ThriftBooks.

Pre-orders in the UK currently only from Amazon, but watch this space.