This was a common condition inserted by publishers of lots of books on a
monthly basis and sale or return with the previous months books being
removed from the shelves. Rather than requiring the store to return the
whole book back to the publisher they required the store totear the
front cover of the book and return the book to the publisher to receive
their credit. This left the store to get rid of the books but not by
sale as it was prohibited by the terms and conditions of trade.
I'm sure even if indirectly similar events happen in the states,
Ken
On 7/08/2012 04:45 AM, David Andrews wrote:
On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 14:30 -0400, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
Books I've bought from the UK say this in the front. Seems a bit strict, but
is this the same thing?
"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."
Perhaps this is to discourage resale of a stripped volume?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripped_book
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