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I want to second JMaloney and also make something very clear.
The issue the authors have is not so much whether ebooks of bestselling hardcovers should be sold for $10 or $15.
What has got authors like John Scalzi angry at Amazon is the removal of buy buttons from Macmillan's dead tree books. Books which are not involved in this dispute. Most books sell in the first 90 days of release; if an author does not get enough sales in that time the publisher may not buy their next book. Two weeks without a buy button could cost them a quarter of their possible sales on a given title. If they are lucky they may come back under a pseudonym (I can think of at least a couple of authors who have had to do that). If not, they could have to break in all over again.
By removing the buy buttons, Amazon is disproportionately punishing authors. They are saying, we're going to punish you because we have a dispute with someone else over something else: so we're going to attack your livelihood and possibly your career. Most authors would not be anywhere near as angry if Amazon had just removed Macmillan books from Kindle.
It's the paper book issue that has them up in arms.
Whether an author agrees with Macmillan's proposal or not, authors are rallying against Amazon because Amazon has effectively kicked them in the nuts and in most cases it's NOT because of ebooks and ebook pricing.
Amazon treated authors like the enemy. Amazon treated everyone who buys paper books like the enemy. That's why people like John Scalzi are angry with them.
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