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Ebay is a company, they can choose to sell (or not) whatever they wish (within legal bounds).

That doesn't violate First Sale Principle, nobody is stopping you from selling the book, Ebay just doesn't want you to use its platform to do so - which is entirely in its rights. There's a large number of items which Ebay won't allow to be sold, including souls.[1]

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/soul-listing-policy-ebay-201...

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Last week it was allowed. In light of this your argument seems very weak.

And they reviewed the item and decided not to sell it any more. This sort of thing happens all the time. Dicks Sporting Goods decided not to sell guns. What if it?

Many things were auctioned on eBay that got pulled after review. Ie. someone tried to auction their kidney, driving bids up to 5 million dollars and still got pulled. Ebay should do whatever they see fit to improve their business.

I concur, but also:

IANAL but isn't Ebay not a seller at all?

They make money by selling ads, and charging private sellers to list their items. At no point does anyone pay eBay for anything that isn't a service.