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Originally Posted by WookieReader
Ditto. I got on the Sony site and was thinking about the new 900 coming, and even went today and looked at the PRS-300 and 600. Comparing the books I have on the Amazon Kindle-DX to the same books from Sony's site, the Sony site was 20-25% more expensive. I would agree that my pick of books may just be anecdotal coincidence, but Amazon appeared cheaper.
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I think amazon will have a cheaper price point for a while. It helps to have a captive audience to appease the retailers. If you think about it right now, amazon is one of the most appealing sites to sell your e-book with from a business perspective because of its DRM, and customer base. B&N has DRM as well, but being a brick and motor company they have a disadvantage of increase overhead. In the end I think the prices will start to come with in a close call, but that end is still a ways off. If the nook steals a solid market share I think it may find its in B&N's best interest to start price matching as a way to steal greater market share. B&N is not at that point yet and we will have to wait for the dust to settle on the nook before we see any concrete moves.