From the Department of Justices perspective value is tied to price. They wanted to stop Apple from asking for price parity with other outlets because it would d

From the Department of Justices perspective value is tied to price. They wanted to stop Apple from asking for price parity with other outlets because it would drive prices up. And what happened after their victory is that prices didn’t go down, they look like they went up. Of course this has little to do with the artists, they typically don’t get to price their novels, and only get a royalty that’s not likely impacted much either way. Higher prices are higher royalties per unit, sure, but if they lead to lower unit sales it’s not likely better.