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Unless a book is offered for free by the author or publisher, downloading a book from an unauthorized site is illegal. It is the same thing as walking into a bookstore and walking out of the bookstore without paying for the hardback you stuck in your backpack. It might feel different since you are not physically walking into a store, looking around to see if anyone is watching, putting the book in your back pack, and walking out hoping not to get caught but that is only because you are sitting at home clicking a few buttons.
Shoplifting a book and downloading a pirated copy both mean that the store, the publisher, and the author do not get paid. Both are theft. This is not negligible. It might be a misdomeaner, depending on how much the book costs and how many you steal, but it is still theft.
Selling stolen material is simply a second crime that you are committing.
There is nothing legal or moral about either action.
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