In the confusing and garbled legalese, yes it most certainly does. Though I'm not entirely certain it always had, as I seem to remember that was one of the biggest points of the 70% royalty deal was that, in order to get it, you had to have the book's lowest price at Amazon. This was one main reason why I put it at 99 cents and at the 35% rate. Or I at least seem to remember that being the case.
Regardless of what it was and mild excuses, Amazon can and will pull books priced lower elsewhere. I don't think this completely precludes the possibility of returning it to a favorable status, but...
At the very least, I know a few of the MR lurkers who have their books free everywhere except Amazon, and I'm sure there are a few listing it as cheaper. Whether or not the crawler happens to catch it is anyone's guess, though.
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