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> the big five publishers theorized that third-party sellers might be selling some of the free promotional copies… which have no such marking on their covers an
by cynix 9y ago
> the big five publishers theorized that third-party sellers might be selling some of the free promotional copies… which have no such marking on their covers and often end up sold to bookstores like the Strand.
If these promotional copies already being sold by other bookstores then what's the problem? If they shouldn't be sold then the publishers should clearly mark them as not for sale.
> Others have suggested that they might be buying books with minor cosmetic damage from warehouses…
Presumably these slightly damaged books were originally printed and sold by the publishers too, so what's the problem?
- falcolas 9y ago> Presumably these slightly damaged books were originally printed and sold by the publishers Frequently, those copies are fraudulently written off as destroyed at the cost of the publisher; the publisher didn't make their money off the sale. > If these promotional copies already being sold by other bookstores then what's the problem? Being sold in a mom&pop bookstore is a very different case than being sold through the biggest internet retailer. > If they shouldn't be sold then the publishers should clearly mark them as not for sale. Sometimes it's the authors who get the promotional copies and attempt to give them out to fans or friendly distributors as a method of marketing; some of whom are dishonest about their reasons for asking for promotional copies.
- billpollock 9y agoNot that simple.