CD distributors

>The better situation really is to have the product
handled by a bonafide distributor,

This may not be as hard as it seems.
Amazon.com, for instance has a
program where they distribute your CDs (or books)
without the publisher in the middle.

It works, too.

You can, for instance find my CD Xentonality
by searching Amazon's music website using either my name
or the album name - up pops a page with a short blurb
and track listing. They handle all the financial
aspects, shipping, etc.

Of course, they take about 1/2 of the selling price...

Bill Sethares