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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
If bookstores won't remove access to the books, that doesn't make transfer of them illegal. Accessing them after the transfer is a violation of copyright law, but having them available for access is no more a violation than owning a photocopy machine.
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No, it's the ACT of making an unauthorised copy that violates copyright law; whether or not you read the book is irrelevant. By giving a copy of a book to a third party, without the permission of the copyright holder, you have created an unauthorised copy.