Thread: Amazon pulls MacMillan?
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Old 01-31-2010, 04:49 PM   #198
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Considering publishers ask retailers to throw out books rather than return them, I'm not surprised.
With paperbacks the retailer cuts off the cover (usually referred to as "stripping") and sends it back to the publisher for a full refund; hardcovers, having a higher price point, get returned intact, then dumped (either in landfills or on remainder tables, depending).

On average, between thirty and forty percent of all books printed get returned; a return rate of under 15% is considered superb.
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