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They could not do it in the first place.
The prices depend on publishers.
Who is Sony?
Sony is not a book shop.
Who is Amazon?
Amazon is the biggest online shop in the world.
Do publishers care how many a tiny Sony book shop sells? No. Do they care how many books Amazon can sell? Yes! They most likely do!
Publishers can tell Sony what to sell and the price, however, when it come to dealing with amazon....they are going to be much more flexible if they want to stay in business. Because Amazon is one of the biggest driving forces that sell their products.
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This is the main reason I am disapointed with Amazon's offerring. Though not expected, I was hoping they might make their ebook catalogue available to other devices. I was also hoping for some indication that the would support an epub standard.
Instead we get a closed book store and another DRM format (at least for now).