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At White Thread Press we strive for perfection in every aspect of book publishing. Sometimes it takes us several months longer to produce a book just because we want it right from every aspect. It may need another edit or proofread, a fact or reference may need re-checking, or we are just waiting for a scholarly review, or it is something associated with the seemingly mundane aspect of typography, or the grayness of the text blocks are not balancing well enough. Readers who appreciate our books may not be able to identify all the little things that go into in our books but probably do appreciate the finished product. Though we strive our utmost, there is always something that could be changed or corrected in the second print. This is probably the case with all other good publishers. The following highlights some important aspects to this dilemma.
It is related that Imam Malik had originally composed his Muwatta’ of about ten thousand hadiths. He would review it every year and remove some narrations from here and there until it came to be in its current form (Qadi Iyad, Tartib al-Madarik 1:193).