Re: Re: Possession of stolen books - an example

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.