The publication of e-book number itself is not illegal, it is an important identification and management tool in e-book publishing. However, e-book publishing must comply with relevant laws and regulations and compliance requirements, including copyright protection, intellectual property protection and legal publishing. Publishers need to ensure that the published e-books are legal, authentic and compliant, and do not infringe upon the rights and interests of others. At the same time, avoid piracy, infringement, false propaganda and other illegal acts. For individuals or publishers, understanding and abiding by relevant laws and regulations is a necessary condition for publishing e-books to ensure legal compliance and intellectual property protection.

1. Is it illegal to sell e-books?

It is illegal to sell e-books. Because selling online e-books, without the authorization or consent of the copyright owner, will infringe the copyright of others and be suspected of committing a crime. If the amount of illegal income is relatively large, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined. If the amount of illegal income is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

Second, what are the characteristics of novel copyright infringement?

1, the multiplicity of infringing objects. Copyright has multiple and divisible rights, including the property right of works and the personal right of works, among which the property right of works includes more than ten rights such as reproduction and performance. These rights can be exercised separately or in combination. Accordingly, the object of copyright infringement will also show these characteristics:

(1) Property rights and personal rights are violated at the same time;

(2) Many property rights and personal rights are violated at the same time. In addition, the object of copyright infringement also includes contractual creditor's rights, such as publishing books that others enjoy exclusive publishing rights;

2. The particularity of the infringed subject. The subject of infringement is the copyright owner who enjoys the copyright of the work according to law, including the author and other copyright owners. Other copyright owners include those who obtain copyright through inheritance, bequest, entrustment, etc., that is, the transferee of the right to use the work, such as those who enjoy exclusive publishing rights. These are specific topics directly or indirectly related to copyright;

3. Infringement is manifested in the illegality of using other people's works. They are:

(1) Use other people's works without the permission of the obligee;

(2) There is no legal basis for using other people's works, including not using other people's works in accordance with the conditions of use of copyright laws and regulations.

4. Diversity of infringement forms. Generally speaking, there are two forms of civil tort: one person alone and two or more people for the same fault. In copyright infringement, besides these two forms, there is a third state, that is, several actors infringe on the same obligee respectively.

I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.

Legal basis: Article 2 17 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The crime of copyright infringement aims at making profits, and in any of the following circumstances, if the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined:

(1) Reproduction, distribution and dissemination of written works, music, fine arts, audio-visual works, computer software and other works prescribed by laws and administrative regulations to the public without the permission of the copyright owner;

(2) Publishing books with exclusive publishing rights enjoyed by others;

(3) Reproduction, distribution and dissemination of audio and video products made by the producer to the public through the information network without the permission of the producer;

(4) Reproduction and distribution of audio and video products of their performances without the permission of performers, or dissemination of their performances to the public through information networks;

(five) the production and sale of counterfeit works of art;

(6) Technical measures taken to intentionally avoid or destroy the copyright to protect the copyright or copyright-related rights of his works, audio-visual products, etc. Without the permission of the copyright owner or the copyright-related obligee.