If you have been on eBay very long you have seen the auctions for eBooks selling for a penny or sometimes 99-cents.  When you click on the auction almost all of them are about some facet of getting rich on the internet or making money on eBay.  And, they usually come with resale rights.  When you buy the book you discover it's a poorly-written 10 page pdf file with links to other money-making products the seller has off of eBay.  This is a case of you get what you pay for.

It is pretty obvious than no one can make any money even selling a free eBook for 99-cents or a penny.  What is going on is one of two things.  In some cases the seller is simply running a feedback farm.  He is selling something cheap to quickly build up his or her feedback.  In the other case the seller is trying to make money from you clicking on live links in the pdf file to affiliate programs he belongs to or simply just capturing your name to sell you other products.  Neither of these tactics is illegal and it would not even be unethical if the sellers were really delivering good information.  There are some good information products for sale on eBay about a wide range of subjects --but when you see an eBook selling for a penny or anything less than a dollar --In my opinion, 90% of the time you are getting taken for a ride.