Legal analysis: it is certainly not illegal to sell genuine textbooks, but it should be analyzed in detail. If you are not careful, you will violate the industrial and commercial regulations or the public security management regulations of the relevant administrative departments. For example, if you occupy public places and have no legal business premises, you will be punished. Or you use pyramid schemes and other illegal sales channels.

Legal basis: Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disturbs the market order. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. If the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years. Impose a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, or confiscate the property: (1) dealing in commodities that are exclusively sold or monopolized or other commodities with restricted trading as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations without permission; (2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations; (three) without the approval of the relevant state departments, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business. (4) Seriously disrupting the market.