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Originally Posted by DNSB
Ummm... so you don't have an obligation to look at the product details to see what language it is in before clicking the buy link?
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Yes, I am "obliged" ("expected") to look at the description to see what language a book is in. But if no language is mentioned in the description, then the seller is just as "obliged" to send me a copy in the most common language of the area where the selling/buying is going on (at least in areas like the USA where the area is huge and there is only one predominant language). A rare historical text might be the exception to this expectation, but a simple entertainment novel is not.
But getting back to the main point of this thread, a book publisher/author is "obliged" ("expected") to provide you with a reasonable quality product when they take your money in payment. The story and writing style is never guaranteed to be to your liking (subjective), but the technical aspects inherent to publishing should meet minimal expectations IMHO.