Not that I read a lot of their stuff, but it looks like a publisher that is moving in the right direction:RAND Lowers e-Book PricesBy Lynn Andriani — Publishers Weekly, 6/1/2009 2:30:00 PMWith the price of e-books still a hot topic, nonprofit research organization RAND Corp. has changed the retail price on all of its e-books to $9.95 each. Director of publications and creative services Jane Ryan said RAND’s production, distribution and freight costs are lower for e-books and "we want to pass these savings on to the public. Given the timeliness of our research, we want to make our work quickly available on multiple platforms, including smart phones." RAND had previously based its e-book pricing on the retail price of print editions.

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