That would, of course, take the option of using a pay
raise as a bargaining chip (which Gov. George Pataki did in exchange for charter schools) away from the governor.
With the iBookstore, though, it's widely believed the company was willing to
raise bestseller e-book prices from $ 10 to $ 13 or $ 15 partly
as a
bargaining chip for publishers frustrated with Amazon's control of the market.