Darn thing wouldn't let me edit (lol)
These don't sound like strips, though, just overstock. As much has I love books and hate to see them mistreated, I do get the business mindset: they need the space to sell stuff to pay their bills. Books are ink on paper--they only have as much value as we ascribe to them, which often isn't much in our paper-rich society (I often think of Roland when thinking about stuff like this).
Since it bothers you, you could call your local recycler,
CoriSCapnSkip , and see what value they ascribe to the books. Perhaps they will arrange to pick up the excess books next time.