I love your books, but "rent-seeking intermediaries" is a pretty insulting way to refer to the people that bring your words to me, isn't it?  You've written enough economic reality into your work that I know you realize those truck drivers and store clerks are performing necessary work, and the "rent-seeking" is necessary so that those people get paid for their work.<p>And I know you must know this fact too-  Ebook prices are going to come down, dramatically.  It's going to happen, due to market forces. Publishers are going to have to adapt. There's not going to be a choice.  They can lament.  They can complain.  That's understandable. I would too.<p>It's still going to happen.<p>Whether or not it's fair, or affordable, or even desirable.<p>So what's the plan to deal with that?