You're right.
People have to survive, and we often have to compromise to do that.
And I agree about the setup we'll likely have in the future. 
I'm still leery of having Amazon be the publisher versus self-publishing separate from them and simply using their distribution platform.
If people strictly want to do e-books, Amazon is definitely the logical way to go and, without a doubt, they have the best platform and furthest reach AND best royalty rate. But for those who also plan to offer print books, it's a mess out there! I don't have time to find the links, but maybe you're familiar with the recent brouhaha where Amazon wasn't listing books from other publishers, and Barnes & Noble wouldn't stock books published through Amazon.
Egads, what a mess!!!
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