Possession of stolen books - an example

[madmullah]

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.