How would skyrocketing e-book prices affect sales of the printed word in a non-digital format? According to this news of likely e-book price increases from Amazon, we may very well have an opportunity to find out. It seems that the world of $9.99 is not working out as well as Amazon had hoped.

What does this mean to you?

Publishers are feeling left out of the loop here. But with piling pressure coming forth, many are expecting that Amazon will be inclined to bring its e-book pricing upward just to keep the content flowing with the publisher. The big question will be just how much it’s going to cost us, the readers?