Hi there! 
I just happened to be scanning news headlines and blundered across this post. So, I was like, ho hum. I know, I know … it’s all about giving the readers what they want and making money. Running your writing business like a business. That’s what I cover on this blog.
What got me interested was the post before that about Amazon and the whole DOJ lawsuit thing. Interesting.
First, this sounds very much like the kind of things being said in this article. As I observed, in this post on another blog yesterday.
Second, I won’t pretend to understand or do an analysis of the lawsuit, but clearly Amazon will end up monopolizing the market, if publishers won’t take the initiative to stop defining success in Amazon’s terms and soon. Seriously, I wonder if the blogger has read the Wired Magazine article about Jeff Bezos. Scary stuff.
Third, these posts completely contradict each other. If we, as authors must run our businesses as publishers, shouldn’t we be willing to take the risks demanded of the Big Six?
More to the point, indie authors are entrepreneurs and we need to take responsibility for our actions. That means we need to be willing to take risks and face possible failure, in order to succeed. That’s the nature of being a real entrepreneur.
PS: I noticed this article by David Pogue with responses to his review of the new Nook. The commenters made a number of great points. Too bad he didn’t know about the ease of buying ebooks in any format from Smashwords.
Of course, I could tweet this post to David Pogue and hope he reads it.
PPS: In case you’re looking for a cheesecake recipe or pictures of Nathan Fillion. 
PPPS: Real entrepreneurs don’t use CreateSpace! LSI has confirmed that my proof copy of this book is coming in the mail. Exciting! 
PPPPS: Ironically, I did a slightly different twist on this theme on another blog years and years ago.
May 11, 2012 at 6:20 pm
[...] Naturally, talk turned to publishing and agents and all that. I could have mentioned some of the ideas I’ve been cooking up. [...]
June 21, 2012 at 4:42 pm
[...] That’s why I wrote this post. [...]
August 3, 2012 at 6:30 pm
[...] down to my last Jammie Dodger. I’m saving it for tonight. But I’ll be sorry to eat it. You can’t have your Jammie Dodgers and eat them, too. Ha ha ha [...]
November 24, 2012 at 3:21 pm
[...] It’s just that you can’t have your cake and eat it, too. [...]
December 16, 2012 at 6:26 pm
[...] Now … this is what I blogged yesterday, because I have been working hard to make my $1,000 goal. Gloria Steinem was right. Men and women aren’t truly equals until each can stand on their own two feet equally, from a financial standpoint. The truth is I am in this to establish a business and my author platform, not to rely upon handouts from anyone. So, while I’m fine with accepting start-up funds from my mother-in-law, I cannot rely upon her largesse (sp?) forever. And I’m not going to take pocket change from Mr. Smiley only to be one of his mid-list authors. As an indie author, I’m an entrepreneur. Therefore, I can’t have my cake and eat it it, too. [...]