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I agree that what's really behind the disagreement is not whether authors make more or less money with the different model. Because publishers don't believe the current Amazon model (where Amazon pays more in royalties than they collect in customer price) is sustainable, they fear they're being pushed into a situation where Amazon has bought a monopoly and comes to collect. They'd rather take less now and encourage competition than take a bit more now and find Amazon alone in the world.
I certainly understand their fears (and as a small publisher, I too hope that we'll have competition in the distribution of eBooks). As a consumer, however, I'm concerned about producers being able to insist on a set price for their product and making it impossible for retailers/distributors to offer discounts.
Rob Preece
Publisher, BooksForABuck.com
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