MLA shocked to learn books are destroyed!

After seeing another local author posting on facebook about being up for an Mississippi Library Association Book Award I decided, what the heck, I'll join MLA too. You know, support local libraries. ;)

In the course of the conversation I reported that my first book was through Lightning Source and ventured to tell her how they actually destroy returned-from-bookstore books as opposed to letting the publisher see them. I thought the lady I was speaking with was going to choke on her surprise. "They can't destroy books," she gasped almost as though she had proof this activity was illegal and she could very well stop this madness at once.

LOL Go for it! But you better start at the top with the bigger bookstores who've been destroying books since waaaaaaay back when, round about the time they complained about how much it cost to ship back the massive amount of books they ordered that didn't sell so they could get their full refund. "Just rip the covers off and send those back," distributors told them. "Then destroy the coverless books which amounted to throwing them in the trash out back where others were waiting to get the books before the trash came thus bringing up the law that states you shouldn't buy a book with the cover ripped off or at least report the store who is selling them.

Oh yes. That's really going to stop the problem. HA!