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I think the whole argument is absolutely ridiculous. Here's where I bought my books before I got an ebook reader: Half-price books, bargain bin at Barnes & Noble, Wal-mart, Target, etc. I rarely paid more than $5 for a book. And I rarely had to wait more than a few months for a book to be available at a bargain price.
Now, just for one example, I have been reading the Kim Harrison series. My husband decided he wanted to read them, so he was going to buy book #1. The ebook is still $8! Probably 5 years or more after original publishing. So he got on the waiting list at the library. LOST SALE. Because in this case, and in many others, the publishers are too greedy. And if you don't call it price-fixing, I don't know what you call it, because before the agency-5 (6), those books were $5 or less, I know, because I bought books 2-5 of the series back before agency pricing (I read #1 as a library book originally!).
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