You occasionally get some British paperbacks that have to be stripped, though when I used to help out in an SF bookshop I used to refuse to be the one who actually physically did it, on the grounds that I couldn't bear to hear the books scream. It depends on the publisher and the distributor. You're right that most British books of any format are returnable as whole books, but there are exceptions. (Who was publishing Raymond E. Feist in Britain in the 1990s? That's the only one I can positively remember required stripping.)
Thank you -- I (obviously <wry g>) didn't know this (I know that some of the Canadian distributors will allow strip covers for books that are usually full book return in certain circumstances, but you kind of have to jump through hoops, and then it's balancing the time of jumping against the cost of shipping).
I hated to strip the books :/. I don't think there's anything that's quite as tramautizing to a new person in the store than having to do it the first time -- and yes, although I didn't say it in so many words, the idea that they were screaming was front and present.
The Feists that we got were the Bantam US edition, so I'm not certain what the UK edition was, though.
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Date: 2004-09-13 09:37 am (UTC)Thank you -- I (obviously <wry g>) didn't know this (I know that some of the Canadian distributors will allow strip covers for books that are usually full book return in certain circumstances, but you kind of have to jump through hoops, and then it's balancing the time of jumping against the cost of shipping).
I hated to strip the books :/. I don't think there's anything that's quite as tramautizing to a new person in the store than having to do it the first time -- and yes, although I didn't say it in so many words, the idea that they were screaming was front and present.
The Feists that we got were the Bantam US edition, so I'm not certain what the UK edition was, though.