What are your Standard Book Damage Guidelines?

Modified on Tue, 30 Sep at 2:23 PM

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Standard Book Damage Guidelines

If you have received a damaged book, please check our damage guidelines below to see if you can submit a damage request:

Does Qualify as Damaged	Does NOT Qualify as Damaged
A tear, rip, cut, or visible scratch on the front of the book/dust jacket or spine larger than 1cm.	Scratches, marks, or residue on the back of the book/dust jacket.
Residue or marks on the front or spine that cannot be removed.	Page bleeding or unevenly sprayed edges.
A book that should have been signed but isn’t.	White spots, small marks,  or scratches on sprayed or stencilled edges, or issues with the top or bottom edges of the book.
Dented or crushed corners bigger than 1.5cm.	Creasing or folding on the top or bottom of the book spine, where the spine joins the boards; or creasing or folding on the top or bottom of the dust jacket.
Water damage.	Wavy pages.
More than one ripped or bent page that affects the text on the pages.	Ripped or damaged blank pages, or small tears on endpapers which do not affect the overall design.
Production defects (such as a missing finish).	Slightly blurry stencilled or digitally printed edges.
Off-centre stencilled or digitally printed edges where part of the central design (if there is one) is cut off.	Missing head or tail bands, or a missing ribbon bookmark.
	Off-centre stencilled/digitally printed edges where the full central design (if there is one) is showing.

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