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Originally Posted by lilac_jive
I'd also like to point out that for every mmp sold, a good three or five are ctripped of their covers and thrown in the trash (same for magazines)...there really wasn't a viable option for them. Stores can't stock that many, can't donate them because then it gets all black market and stuff, and can't sell it at a discount because the bookstores won't get the profits...
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Mass market paperback returns are high, but not that high. I think the average nowadays is in the 50% range -- one book sold, one book stripped (cover returned for credit) and pulped.
Stores can't sell the stripped books in any form because that would be selling stolen property. Same with donating them. They are unsold copies for which the publisher has refunded the money, and neither the publisher nor author gets any money for it. They don't return the whole book because the cost of shipping, sorting, returning to storage, etc., is too great.