If it really bothers you, you could put the put the Spider-Man books upside down but put the covers on right side up.
If it really bothers you, you could put the put the Spider-Man books upside down but put the covers on right side up.
Marvel nearly always marks their remainders. Could be on the bottom, could be on the top, could be a line, could be a dot. Often the edges of the book are roughed up to what would be considered "very good" condition in general book terms. If you get lucky, sometimes the marker fails to penetrate the plastic wrap on sealed remaindered HCs, so you can get basically a brand new book. You can generally figure out who the remainder re-sellers are on Amazon and eBay so you should be able to guess pretty successfully on whether or not you're going to get remaindered overstock.
Dark Horse is another company that remainders their overstock. Frequently with red marker too for whatever reason.
I've never seen remaindered DC or Image books. That doesn't mean they don't exist, but I do think they would be rather rare. Hamilton Books' DC overstock, if sealed, comes looking brand new, from my experience.
But generally if you're shopping remainders or overstocks books, whether or not they have the actual remainder marks, usually the book has some wear on it from being moved around and not treated with as much care as genuine new stock.
Excuse my ignorance, but what actually are these marks for?
“We have a saying, my people. Don’t kill if you can wound, don’t wound if you can subdue, don’t subdue if you can pacify, and don’t raise your hand at all until you’ve first extended it.”
Per wikipedia:
"Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are no longer selling well and whose remaining unsold copies are liquidated by the publisher at greatly reduced prices. While the publisher may take a net loss on the sales of these books, they are able to recover at least some of their sunken costs on the sale and clear out space in the warehouses.[1]
Copies of remaindered books may be marked by the publisher, distributor, or bookseller to prevent them from being returned. "Remainder marks" have varied over the years, but today most remainders are marked with a stroke with a felt-tipped marker across the top or bottom of the book's pages, near the spine."
As always, Google is your friend
Indigo has a buy one get 50% off deal. Also use code Aug10 on top of that.
If you look in the clearance section of Books-A-Million you can find remaindered books with the black spot.
I've got lots of remainders. I'm perfectly happy to have a little ink dot on the bottom or top of a book for a 35% or more savings...
Its supposed to be easy to remove these, people essentially shave off the remainder mark. Lots of instructions and videos online, haven't got round to trying it though.
You can get awesome oversized Horned God for very good price.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-li...523586&sr=1-34