Hi Meathead,
I know there are some of us who are right on top of things and have got it all done and are getting some sales (some just a trickle). It may be easy for these guys to get a website set up quickly, bang out the content and get the amazon links all sorted. And good on them, I envy them and their experience/talent.
However, there are likely to be more like me who are still struggling to get it all done. Not experienced with websites, first time dealing with Amazon, not sure about the content so paying for articles only to find they are not good etc. Then finding the forums, creating new accounts, posting about. All the time trying to remember which person you are lol.
I know you want to hear about the success stories, but I think there are quite a few of us who still have work to do. And we are all hoping to be able to share our good news when it starts happening for us.