The Amazon-MacMillan controversy

There's been a bit of a shit fight (to say the least) lately between Amazon and MacMillan. It basically centres around an argument about ebook pricing and who controls what. Rather than me just repeat all that's been said already, go and read:

NY Times article on why Amazon pulled MacMillan titles.

Cory Doctorow's thoughts via Boing Boing.

This post by L E Modesitt Jr which looks at the situation from an author's point of view, and has some interesting discussion in the comments.

And here, John...