I received both The Pocket Scavenger and This Is Not A Book by Keri Smith in the mail today. I ordered them from Half.com so they weren't guaranteed to be in pristine condition. Though I flipped through them and other than a little fold crease on the cover of one, they looked like they were in great shape. I went ahead and left positive feedback for the sellers. Everything was fine and dandy. Then I started to read the first bit of information in The Pocket Scavenger. I got to page xvi and noticed that it skipped to xxiii. Then I opened it wide open and noticed that it looks like only one actual page has been ripped out but clearly more than that have.

Also, the last page(s) was (were) ripped out as well. :( Booooo.

Oh well, I'll probably just write it off and consider it as a quirk since the Keri Smith books are all about the imperfections and getting your creative on anyway. Guess the next time I go to a book store, I'll look at a new one and see what all I'm really missing. Oy.