I don’t quite understand the question. Are you saying the printer messed up, the publisher, or the author? As an author, when I submit a book to a publisher and it is accepted, one of the final steps before publication is for them to send me a proof copy of the book. It will have gone through several edits before this step, but this is my last chance as an author to catch any glaring errors and have them fixed before the book goes to print. It is then the publisher’s responsibility to make sure the corrected file is the one that goes to the printer. Which of these steps is where the book in question went astray? Did the author not do an adequate job with the final proof or did the publisher send the wrong file in to be printed? If the author messed up and didn’t do the proof or simply skimmed through and missed things…. which should have been caught in one of the many previous edits, I’d think…. they’ve got no gripes. The messed up and will have to pay for any future changes. If the publisher messed up, they will normally be willing to make it right, tho’ only if the typos are glaring errors that jump out and disrupt the reading of the novel. And, most likely, that will be in future printings, not the current one. Are the errors that bad? Book printing is an expensive process, so otherwise, I doubt it’d be worth the cost. If the printer messed up the file sent, they would be the ones targeted to make changes and will usually do so, tho’ I’m inclined to think any recall would have to come from the publisher. As an author, I guess I might push for it if I felt it necessary, but rather doubt the feasibility of a book recall unless it’s, say, a medical book with potentially dangerous misstatements?