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That's definitely not true for all paperback books. I often buy remaindered paperbacks at Dog Eared and Alley Cat bookshops in San Francisco. You can tell they'
by laurencerowe 5y ago
That's definitely not true for all paperback books. I often buy remaindered paperbacks at Dog Eared and Alley Cat bookshops in San Francisco. You can tell they're remaindered because they're marked with felt tip.
When I lived in the UK, Fopp was a great source for them (along with discount films and music.)
- bradleyjg 5y agoMy knowledge of the subject goes back to a high school job in a bookstore. Things may well have changed since then. Back then we ripped the covers off mass market paperback and sent them back to the publisher for a credit. The books were supposed to be discarded but you did from time to time come across a paperback book with no cover at a thrift store or similar, so clearly that didn’t always happen.
- Retric 5y agoI’ve had plenty of paperback books lose their covers fairly quickly, seeing used books without covers doesn’t mean they had their covers intentionally ripped off.
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- laurencerowe 5y agoThe remaindered paperbacks I bought may have been higher quality trade paperback versions rather than the regular mass market ones which get pulped.
- cafard 5y agoRight. Many years ago, I worked for a department store or two that carried books. Some of those missing the front cover ended up where employees could take them. I suppose that this was not supposed to happen, but it did.