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I did a little experiment. I went to the SF category for the Kindle and scrolled through the 400 most popular, noting the various authors and books that I was interested in, ignoring the books that I know are available on Sony. Then I went to the Sony web site and search for those authors and books. There were only one or two authors that I couldn't find on the Sony site (Simon Winchester is the biggest name author that I couldn't find on Sony, not SF, but an author whom I like). However, I did notice while the authors were there, there were some titles not listed on the Sony site that were on the Amazon site. I also noticed that Amazon had quite a few titles that were listed twice. Also, there were several public domain titles that are available elsewhere for the Sony, but not listed on the Sony store (The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison for example).
I think what we are seeing is a couple of things. First, Amazon is definitely making more of an effort to get content up. I have to wonder if Sony just isn't willing to put the resources into the effort that Amazon is. Second, Amazon is including public domain books and has quite a few books that are including twice. It seems to be most common with series, where I see the book listed both with the normal title and then with the series name included with the title.
The biggest thing that I don't see, that I was worried about, is books that are exclusive to Amazon. Pretty much all the books available on Amazon seem to be available on either Sony or a site like Fictionwise. Of course, the problem is that most customers aren't going to want to go to the effort of looking in multiple places.
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