Soft cover books arrived CRUSHED & unsealed

after ordering hardback books and being happy with the quality, I was let down by the large size paperback book.
1. it arrived unsealed, my local post office stamped it, to be sure they had no responsibility in the damage.
2. the thin envelope they ship the soft backs in is ridiculous, it give no support. There were lots of soft creases all through the book for the outside packing being to weak.
I ordered 2 books, they were both slipped into this thin envelope. The hardback have that nice box.
Hope my mistake can help someone else. The paperback look like a thin magazine, a cheep one.

Definitely report that back to iPhoto via their support page. There's a chance they will give you a refund. Worth a try. Here's the link. You'll have to log in with your account id and password.
Hope this has been of some help. Good luck.
OT
P.S. if you still have the envelope take a picture of it and the book just in case. As they say - "a picture is worth a thousand words".

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