[Piper_]

I'm still uncomfortable with demanding new releases to be $9.99, for fear they'll just add the difference to the mid-priced books or make us wait for the new releases.

And this author should be OK, and if he's big enough, he might have more say in the pricing, so I'm not too fussed about it.

But for other authors, too many ratings like these could be a problem. And on principle, it seems off to stick permanent ratings onto a book over something that probably *won't be applicable months later.

BUT, I don't think the answer is for people to suck it up, or just write the publisher. I also don't think it's so much that people feel "entitled."

I think they're offended by publishers treating them like chumps... in a lot of ways. There is a lot of bad blood between publishers and their customers. Even I've lost all respect and trust in them for a multitude of reasons.

Consumers' public outcries are more effective than a letter or just not buying, and they've gathered for such strength in numbers for centuries. Doing that doesn't mean they're spoiled or irrational.

The response they get can either mollify them or inflame them further.

I'm not sure how to mollify them, if you can't show them they aren't really being taken advantage of, but insulting them will just inflame them further.

I just wish Amazon would give a second star category for pricing, and maybe even code it so it shows the price points at which the stars were given. That would be a good outlet and provide valuable information to everyone, I think.