I haven't read anything about this in the Spanish media. As far as I know, nobody has sued Amazon in Spain so far. We'll see if it happens, but so far is just one guy talking.
In Spain book prices are set by the publishing houses. When an ebook is discounted in Amazon, Amazon shows the usual disclaimer about the price being set by the publisher. Right now Alfaguara (one of the main literary publishers in Spain) is having a sale of certain titles:
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El editor ha reducido el precio de venta de este eBook sólo del 25 al 31 de mayo de 2012.
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How is he going to sue Amazon if the prices are set by the publishers?
If you take a look at the bestseller list at Amazon Spain, you'll see lots of cheap ebooks written in Spanish or translated into Spanish, which means that there are publishing houses and writers who are embracing the change or at least trying to adapt to it. On the other hand, booksellers resent the new environment, and lots of readers are switching to ebooks. Big news. That's pretty much like everywhere else, isn't it?