I really don't think there's much of a use for books. With ebay constantly changing it's fees, and policies any book which is published is probably out of date in terms of new policies and fees by the time it hits the shelves.
I would imagine many books tell you to use HTML code for pics because ebay charges you but within the last few months or year ebay now gives you 12 free pics so your actually better off using their picture system as ebays search algorithm doesn't read HTML code well so your actually punishing your listing by using your own pics in HTML code.
Other things like they probably strategise based on ebay charging listing fees where as ebay doesn't really charge listing fees anymore if you ahve a store they are either free or you get thousands free every month anyway so you really need to be more focused on Final Value Fees instead of listing fees.
There's a ton of great blogs, forums, message boards where people can offer advice and strategies and this stuff will be much more up to date and much more real experieences from real people vs an author writing a vague overview of how to ebay.
I would also encourage people to read ebays TOS and the customer help tab section so your fully aware of shipping fees, policies, etc