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Originally Posted by HarryT
Was the book in the public domain? If not, you can be pretty certain it was pirated (unless you believe that the seller actually had permission to copy and sell the book?).
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The seller could be the author.
That's the only reason I can imagine to buy a book on eBay (not that I'd want a self-pubbed book, especially one sold through that medium).
I hadn't realized that selling ebooks on eBay was a thing until I saw this post. EBay's policy of course restricts it to content either owned by or authorized to the seller, but eBay has also always been a conduit for bootleg and fake goods.