The Bookseller has posted that there have been discussions with retailers about instituting agency pricing for UK retailers similar to the US. Evidently, publishers and retailers (except Amazon) are not happy with Amazon's (below?) cost pricing on it's ebooks.
http://www.futurebook.net/content/er...on+the+Web%29#
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/12...on+the+Web%29#