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From: "Ben A L Jemmett" <bal.jemmett@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: Re: the ultimate IF archive
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"Branko Collin" <collin@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:3c573451.17233400@news.xs4all.nl...
> A publisher can have a contract with a book seller that stipulates
> that the books need to be destroyed by the seller, but they cannot
> _instruct_ the book seller to do anything after the fact. (Well, they
> may do so, but there is no reason why the seller should comply.)

Apart from the fact that it'd be a breach of contract not to :)  The
'instruction' is a part of the contract established with the sale of the
books.

> Just out of curiosity: do publishers replace damaged books to the end
> customer on receipt of the cover?

Don't see why they should or would; if you damage your book, that's your
pigeon...

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