Edit: Find some more comparisons further down this thread.
Details are sketchy at this point, but "librie guy" from the
Yahoo! Librie list managed to take a peak at the forthcoming
Sony Connect Store (host currently unavailable), and it appears - well, we didn't expect anything else - that Sony's proprietary e-books will cost you extra.
Example: Alan Dean Foster's
The Light Years Beneath My Feet
- Retail hardcover: $23.95
- Amazon hardcover: $16.16
- Amazon Mobipocket e-book: $17.95
- Amazon Adobe Reader e-book: $11.67
- Amazon Microsoft e-book: $11.67
- Sony Connect e-book: $16.16 (includes a 10% "CONNECT discount")
Bottom line, Sony Connect charges for the e-book the same price as Amazon charges for the hardcover paper book. Worse, you can get the same e-book in Adobe Reader or Microsoft format for almost 40 percent less if purchased through Amazon.