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Be sure to scan them too. I've had virus total detect one or two things on different books.
Really? A virus on ebooks? Damn
Yes on PDFs in this case. It is designed to exploit the PDF reader when you open it. Though less common today it's still an avenue of attack to watch out for. It depends on the reader too but why take a chance if something is detected
Are EPUB files safe?
I have not come across infected epubs myself but it is possible see https://security.stackexchange.com/posts/176225/revisions for some background.