<i>The article mentions Price Fixing in relation to gas prices, and how fixing the prices caused gas prices to go up due to hoarding.</i><p>The gas price fix caused shortages at the pump, not higher prices. Because most rational sellers won't sell something for less than they have to pay for it unless they make it up elsewhere, which most gas stations don't.<p>And this author is saying the same thing may happen for eBooks.  He doesn't think he can make enough money on eBooks to make a living, so many people in his situation may not write as many books, which may lead to the there being less new books in the world.