Thanks for pointing out the broken link, Matt. And thanks for commenting and being open about things.

Two things that Mr. Stackpole emphasizes – and I think they're both important regardless of model – is that all readers are patrons of the arts in a very real way, and that consumers of any type of media are paying for entertainment. For example, millions of people plunked down $10 (or more) for less than 4 hours of entertainment for Avatar – but one can get far more hours of entertainment from your podcast of Brave Men Run.

Rethinking the pricing equation in that manner – which is really about value, not distribution costs – dovetails nicely with your idea of charging more.

Hm. I think I'm going to pop this up to a followup post.