Your book(s) would be assigned a Qualified Grade and encapsulated with a Green Label that includes the notation "MANUFACTURED WITHOUT STAPLES" (in caps and placed directly below the publisher/date line).  There are scores of Qualified 9.8 books out there; hence, policy-wise, there's nothing that would prevent your book(s) from receiving that grade.  Just remember that the Qualified Grade ignores only the qualifying defect (in your case, the absence of staples); it does not ignore any blemishes/f