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Originally Posted by latepaul
A number of my paperback books have this inside the front cover:
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This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
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which might at first glance look like it's a prohibition against lending (amongst other things), though I think what it's actually against is some sort of re-packaging of the physical book.
It's in a number of my older paperbacks, the latest I can find is a copy of The Thief of Time Discworld book from 2001.
Other books have a different disclaimer
The intent seems roughly the same however.[/QUOTE]
Bookstores can send the cover back of unsold paperback books and get a credit. They are supposed to destroy the book. Some stores have been known to sell the books without covers to used bookstores and flea markets.
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