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Alan Olsen wrote: > The reason for this is that if the cover is ripped off the book in that > manner, it is usually one that has been "stripped". That is when a > paperback is reported as "not sold" and instead of sending the books back, > they just send the front covers for a refund. In most cases they are not destroyed, rather the usual SOP is to chuck them in a box , and chuck the box into a dumpster. Whereupon dumpster divers, of course, will often grab them and sell them to used bookstores.
