Those people are idiots. Authors have NO say in the pricing of a book. It's totally up to the publisher. And for authors trying to make a living of writing, eBooks are going to hurt. Unless you're a big name author, you make almost nothing of royalties on paper books, so even less on e-books. While I think eBooks are a great thing, I think it's going to decrease the quality of the writing in books as fewer people will make a living as an author and publishers use fewer editors to cut their costs.

>I have noticed an increasing number of UT members mentioning they now read books in electronic form. Bad news for them (us) this week, although probably not unexpected. It's common practice to lure consumers to new products with low prices, then raise prices as the products become more mainstream. What sounds different this time is that at least some consumers are resisting.
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/technology/11reader.html?hpw
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>If you already read E-books, is this going to impact your buying habits? If you don't yet, is it going to make you hesitate in taking the plunge?