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Yeah, it gets into who's word they believe. In the criminal case the first step for the prosecution/police would be to get a search warrant and seize the person's computer and e-reader to prove that they have the copy of the file. Then they have that along with the written confession, signed check etc.
Again, WAY too much effort for them to bother, especially with one book. That's the problem with enforcing copyright violations, it's so much effort to detect and gather evidence to prove. So there left only going after major offenders who are downloading and sharing tons of content on p2p, torrents etc.
At least with physical goods, shoplifting can be enforced. When it comes to getting digital content without paying for it, they basically have no way to go after the small timers so there's very little deterrence.
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