Amazonfail: What Happens if the Distributor (Amazon or Apple) Controls Prices

The current #Amazonfail is about them pulling all of the Macmillan books off of Amazon (the last one -if you remember – was pulling a rankings off of gay and lesbian themed books).  The apparent issue is about price control.  For those who find this news new, John Scalzi has a good summary of the issue.  As an author, and someone who's always been loyal to Amazon,  I'm pretty pissed off.

Here are the business model points as  I understand them.

Today, in print, the publishers have full control ...