[GavinB]

Authors will be wary of striking a deal with Amazon if it loses them the biggest retail market. The goal here isn't to make Amazon's books do poorly, it's to keep big name authors from signing up with Amazon in the first place.

I'm not saying it's the right decision, but it does have a strategy behind it.

[fpgeek]

Good point. I think authors will be especially wary because B&N not stocking the book presumably implies no book signings or other events promoting the book at any B&N.