Digging even further, that authorsearnings.com article links to a WSJ article titled &quot;E-Book Sales Fall After New Amazon Contracts&quot; - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;webhp?hl=en#hl=en&amp;q=E-Book+Sales+Fall+After+New+Amazon+Contracts" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;webhp?hl=en#hl=en&amp;q=E-Book+Sales+Fall...</a>  (google link to get past the stupid WSJ signup page)<p>The contract negotiations with Amazon were supposedly about price control for publishers, but combined with the way they&#x27;re spinning new E-Book numbers it appears that they actually <i>want</i> E-Books to fail.