Huge win for the publishers.  If Amazon accepts, then the publishers (And I disagree with Amazon, once they conceed with Macmillan, the rest will want the same deal) will be able to leverage this agreement to get the same from Barnes and Nobles and other eBook sellers - I'm sure Apple will, likewise, agree - if they haven't already.<p>This will restrict (prevent?) Amazon, B&#38;N, Apple from discounting eBook prices to get people into their eStore.  It hurts the reader, in that they can't get cheap eBooks until a year after they are released.  I wonder if the publishers will try to extend this to the "Physical" book market, or whether that's a different ballgame altogether.  (If Walmart is the Amazon in the physical book market, who is the Apple?  I'm sure B&#38;N likes being able to flexibly price books to get traffic in the store.  As does Target.  For that matter, so does Amazon.   Is there an odd man out there with enough volume to make a difference?)<p>From a competitive landscape perspective - Steve Jobs knew that providing an agency model as a negotiating tool to Macmillan was valuable - I'm wondering what he got back in return?<p>All in all, a very exciting weekend of developments in the eBook economy.  All started with the iBook store negotiating between Apple and Macmillan, I'm sure.