What is an unclipped dust jacket?

What is an unclipped dust jacket?

When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher’s suggested retail price has been cut off. Care should be taken to ensure that the book doesn’t have other markings or clues that it might be a book club edition.

What does unclipped mean on ebay?

I suppose it means the price has not been clipped off the dust jacket. Used. book stores often clip prices on older books: suppose the book was. originally published at $7.95 and the book store wants $10 for it– so the customer complains–“you want to charge me more than the book.

What does it mean when a book is unclipped?

this refer to the listed price that is on the original dust jacket of the book. Very often when people buy a book as a gift they would cut fof the price “price clipped” where book collector almost always prfer “unclipped dust jacket”.

What does no dust jacket mean?

The dust jacket (sometimes book jacket, dust wrapper or dust cover) of a book is the detachable outer cover, usually made of paper and printed with text and illustrations. The dust jacket protects the book covers from damage.

Why are book covers clipped?

Booksellers sometimes use the term “machine clipped” to indicate cuts on the jacket corners that were done mechanically to a stack of jackets during publication, rather than when an individual owner of the book clips the price away with scissors (either to give it as a gift or to resell it at a higher price).

Are you supposed to keep dust jackets?

But when it comes to rare books or collectible books, dust jackets should be treated with significant care as they often add significant value to the book. A rule of thumb applying for many modern first editions is that a dust-jacket, in same condition as the book makes up for 80-90% of the value of the book.

Do you throw away dust jackets?

A 2012 poll on Goodreads of more than 4000 users found that 7.5% discard their dust jackets. In that same 2012 Goodreads survey, almost two-thirds of participants said they remove the dust jacket while they’re reading the book and return it once they’re finished.

Should you keep book jackets?

What paper is used for dust jackets?

Dust jackets, or book jackets, were originally used to protect the hardcover case of casebound books. Today, they are an art form all their own. PrintNinja’s are printed on 135lb text paper, and are finished with either a gloss or a matte lamination.

Are dust jackets valuable?

Because dust jackets were disposable for so long, today they are considered to be one of the most valuable aspects of a collectible modern book… Many of the most recognizable dust jackets were designed by artists handpicked by the author or their publisher.

Should you remove dust jackets from books?

Some readers remove their dust jackets—or even use them as bookmarks! But when it comes to rare books or collectible books, dust jackets should be treated with significant care as they often add significant value to the book.

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