On an unrelated note...

John Scalzi put up two more posts defining more of his thoughts on advances and ebook publishing, as well as  a round-up of his posts regarding these topics and the whole Hydra/SFWA controversy.

That said, I realize I've kind of been covering one side of this story.  So, my goal in the next few days is to look at some other sides of the conversation and see what small publishers, ebook first publishers, etc. have to say about this.  I'll post my findings here, of course.