Amazon Kindle VP David Naggar said there were some "specific financial incentives" thrown into the mix that seem tailor-made to to keep Hachette from setting its prices too high, but the particulars -- like a good Raymond Chandler tome -- are shrouded in mystery. Oh, and Amazon's trollish tendency of pulling pre-orders and promotion pages for certain Hachette books? A thing of the past, at long last. That's great and all, but there's still one big question left unanswered: why now? It could be that Amazon was starting to feel the pinch from irate book fans who were saddened to see their favorite authors being screwed with by dint of which publisher they signed up with. Amazon's most recent quarterly financials also painted a surprisingly bland picture of its books business, too; as Time points out, the company's North American media sales were slower than they had been in five years. Either way, it's finally business as usual for these two again... at least until the next time their hard heads collide.