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Kali -- the McDonald's analogy makes sense to me. I think you are right that this isn't price fixing.
I also think that the pricing controversy will blow over. I seriously doubt people will be buying books based on the policies between the publisher and their book sellers other than a REAL tiny minority.
I never bought hard backs for $25. Ok, maybe for the latest Tom Clancy I would. I would have for the latest Harry Potter but Wal-Mart and the like made that unecessary.
Amazon got people to think that an ebook was only worth $9.99 even when Amazon was selling the Hard back for $18 or more and no paperback version was out. So they are upset that the ebook will be $15 when the DTB is $18.
I think that anybody who would have paid $18 will pay $15. Those who won't pay more than $10 were never the publisher's hard back customers to begin with. They'll buy the ebook for $8 when the paperback is $10.
Lee
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