Liutauras Vilda wrote:. . . Are you saying that somebody (in India presumably) copies content illegally and print a new book?
No. Pearson, MGraw‑Hill,
etc., print overseas editions of their books, often in the target location, so as to sell them at a reduced price in less prosperous countries. The scam is that people buy them at the local price and then sell them as new at the full US/North American/European price on eBay, Amazon Marketplace,
etc. gaining a large
profit over what they paid for the books.
I have never experienced that myself so far (i think), but probably will be well suspicious from now on onwards.
I have. The books turn up on flimsy paper, with non‑English script on the back cover, and if you compare the ISBN on the book received with that on the original advert/email notification of purchase, they are different. I think that merits a red star on eBay or a complaint to Amazon or similar.
Some Pearson books are marked “International Edition“ and all copies sold outside the USA count as International, so that isn't a scam.