Yes, of course -- you interpreted it to mean the book would be all-inclusive, as I'm sure many people would (even without reading the solicitation copy!), but all the same, the solicitation never promised that, and if you're going to start tossing around insults like "crook" and "liar" and "idiot" based on a claim that it did, well, you ought to expect that the point will be made.

The subject of incomplete and inaccurate (and in many cases, ridiculously, laughably poorly written!) solicitation copy has come up here time and again, and while I agree that there's a need for change, there is, fortunately, a very easy solution for people who are constantly irritated by this, with no heavy lifting involved -- don't place pre-orders. If you're the kind of consumer who is quick to find fault (be it binding not sewn, spine 1/16" shorter than other volumes in the series, different reproduction techniques, or just an honest mistake that wouldn't have been covered in the solicitation copy, anyway), you're probably better off taking a wait-and-see approach, because no level of detail in a solicitation will probably ever be enough.

In this specific case, yeah, the fact that the book was not complete certainly could have been -- and should have been -- more clearly indicated. But not everything that might raise alarm bells with the fussy consumer can be.

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