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Anybody who sells you an ebook will tell you that no, you can't give it away. Their license will say so, too. Whether or not that license is enforceable legally is a question that has not yet been answered, and may vary by state (in the US) when it is. In California, for instance, software sold (or that comes bundled with a new PC) with a similiar license restriction can, indeed, be given away or outright sold, under Softman v. Adobe, which ruled that if you 1) pay a one time fee, and 2) get unlimited use, then it's a "sale of goods" not a license, no matter what the license says, and as such the "first sale doctrine" applies.
The other issue is DRM restrictions. The DMCA prohibits cracking technical measures to prevent copying, but makes exceptions for certain purposes. Unfortunately, it doesn't really define what all those purposes mean, and it's entirely unclear how the courts will jump on this.
(In the end, of coruse, it doesn't matter much if you have the right to give away or sell an ebook you own, if the publishers is willing to throw lawyers at you, because you're not going to spend $100k defending your right to give away a $10 ebook).
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