answer:I’m not sure what the evidence for price fixing would look like in this case. I think it’s unlikely that Apple is working with Amazon or other ebook publishers to figure out their pricing in any way beyond looking at what they offer. It seems more likely the publishers are giving Apple (and Amazon) a price they can sell their works at, or they’ll pull permissions for the digital formats and we’ll be left with a limited catalog. I don’t see how this is different than digital distribution for music or movies where the publishers have the last say in pricing and held out until it was obvious people weren’t going to go back to purchasing CDs like they used to. So I’m not sure what to think about the government’s case. As for how it will all end, I think we’ll end up close to where we are with the news business. Traditional publishing will struggle to find a way to make the same kind of a money when the medium is cheaper, available to anyone, and less reliant on press to get the word out. Authors don’t need publishers like they used to and if the publishers can’t negotiate pricing for them their value diminishes further. The smart ones will work out ways to add value to the new digital formats instead of just turning over the same text files and expecting the same price as a printed hardcover. (Movies extended how long people buy DVDs by including features and content you couldn’t include in a theater experience)