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  1. The takeaway: If you're going to self-pub, make sure the work is really ready, that there's a market for it, & prepare to market your work.
  2. Of course, there's a lot of bad writing out there, as well as writing for which there is no real market.
  3. If you can earn 10K a year, I say, Go for it!
  4. Roundup of the backlash against the Waterstones-Amazon deal: bit.ly/KBs7dv #publishing
  5. You can see why the Justice Dept had trouble with this "eliminate all price competition" thinking: Shatzkin Files ebookne.ws/Jd3Jzk
  6. Shatzkin's argument: We can't compete unless we can control everyone's price for our books. The Shatzkin Files ebookne.ws/Jd3Jzk Hmmm