I know that where I live my understanding is that basically the publishers felt 'screwed' by the old deal that they had with print books and that libraries were

I know that where I live my understanding is that basically the publishers felt 'screwed' by the old deal that they had with print books and that libraries were underpaying. So when e-book negotiations started they used that to try to claw back some of the money they felt they where owed as it where.