I’ve been wanting to self publish for a while now but have been edging my bets… *cough* I’m not too impressed with Amazon, basically, like you say, their stranglehold on the market and lack of care for authors.
I did, however join Pronoun when they first started over a year or so ago, added my already published books when they opened the authors area and have been getting updates and suggestions from them ever since. I love their platform and the members area, which is interactive and easy to use, and I’m happy to see you mentioned, with a better score than I thought you’d give them.
I will be following this post to find out more, but I’m seriously leaning, quite precariously, towards Pronoun for self-publishing. Thanks for the insights!