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related factoid: when mass-market paperbacks (the smaller-sized ones) are "returned" to the publisher, it doesn't make financial sense to send the whole book in the mail, so the bookstore rips off the cover, returns only the cover, and throws away the rest of the book. Horrifying (at least I found it horrifying, the first time I saw it happen when I worked at a bookstore) but true.
Returned hardcovers and "trade" paperbacks (the bigger size) end up on the bargain table at B&N and other places.
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