I am no stranger to these stickers. I've seen them in front covers, back covers, and even randomly inside the book. And I've had my share of practice removing them. They were never that hard to remove and I've never had a problem where the sticker left zero trace of ever being there. But the last two manga books I purchased from Borders had stickers that were irremovable without damaging the paper. And when I say damaging I mean ripping it off.
Both times the employee said the stickers were 'stickier' and that they used them because manga was such a high theft item which I completely believe. And while Borders has the right to protect its merchandise whichever way they see fit it is entirely counterproductive to use something that will damage said merchandise.
Sure there may be some people that do not care or don't even bother removing the stickers, but I am not one of them and as far as I'm concerned I am done buying at my Border B&M and may not even bother with online even when they offer 50% coupons.
The Beat article on the same topic:
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/01/05/bonus-is-borders-ruining-the-few-books-it-can-sell/
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