It sounds a tiny bit like finding a bunch of coverless copies of paperbacks in a dumpster and selling them (cheaply, since they’re damaged) to willing buyers.
The bookstores stripped the covers merely to save postage sending the books back to the publisher, and the publishers is reimbursing them for the unsold books.
It sounds a tiny bit like finding a bunch of coverless copies of paperbacks in a dumpster and selling them (cheaply, since they’re damaged) to willing buyers.
The bookstores stripped the covers merely to save postage sending the books back to the publisher, and the publishers is reimbursing them for the unsold books.
But only a tiny bit like that.