Move over iTunes, Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is launching a music store to offer DRM-free music from EMI before the end of the year. Apple announced a similar deal with EMI, the first major label to embrace DRM-free music. Yet while Apple anounced plans to sell 256 kbps AAC files, Amazon announced plans to sell tracks in the (decidedly) more popular MP3 format.
Yet neither EMI nor Amazon announced details on pricing or what bit rates the tracks will be encoded at, leaving it simply at "high quality." This leads me to believe one of two things. Either Bezos and company haven't figured out pricing and encoding yet, which seems unlikely, or they aren't going to beat what Apple's offering. Either way, it's great to see another music etailor getting on board.
