In the battle over the pricing of electronic books, publishers appear to have won the first round. The price of many new releases and best sellers is about to go up, to as much as $14.99 from $9.99.
But there may be an insurgency waiting to pounce: e-book buyers.
Over the last year, the most voracious readers of e-books have shown a reflexive hostility to prices higher than the $9.99 set by Amazon.com and other online retailers for popular titles.
Age
Notice the age of the woman in the picture shown in the Times article. One reason why the dedicated readers are such a great thing is that now every book available for the Kindle is available as a large print edition.