If it was as simple as that it wouldn’t be an interesting story. The story is that someone started selling the authors book illegally and collected proceeds off this sale.

World of difference between just creating a book torrent and actually putting it up for sale and making a profit.

Information already found a way as it's been on LibGen for a long time. What we are discussing now is completely different: someone is profiting from the guy's work using Amazon's platform and this problem extends not to just other authors but all kinds of goods that are counterfeit. This hurts the original creators and vendors and acts as a disincentive in creating value. In the end, it hurts everybody.

Counterfeiters will find a way to be sued. And if Amazon facilitates counterfeiting...

Intellectual property as a concept has been ruthlessly abused by large corporations, and as a result, small creators get their labor stolen and it gets justified because “information wants to be free.”

Oh my, a digital book for almost $40 bucks. The book must be really good.

Inaccessible? Just because a text book was priced above $10?