This quote from the article says it all:
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"Amazon treats its authors like partners, not like necessary evils," Konrath says, "With my previous publishers, I had zero say in important decisions. Amazon respects my [creative] decisions, [and] its marketing power is unmatched."
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Without sites like Amazon and Smashwords, I would have never been able to publish. Now I have several e-books out there, modest sales, and something to build on.