I work at Barnes & Noble and scan the shelves to find which books need to be removed because they aren't selling. I have to separate them depending on what company published them and then leave it in the back. However I don't know what happens from there and no one ever gave me a direct answer. Do they throw the books away or ship them back to the publishers? Because whats the point of separating them if they are going to be thrown away?
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