Did you also consider branching out to Play and to the Smashwords channels (iBooks, Kobo, B&N, Bol, etc)? I know for many multi-channel authors, Amazon makes up the large majority of their sales, but for me, personally, it has been the other way around. Close to zero sales on Amazon and those sales I did made were only during a Goodreads add campaign that ended up costing me much more than I got back from it. For me, Amazon has done about as poorly as B&N till now, and Kobo, iBooks have turned out to be my primary channels. I just branched out to Play with a free period for promotional purposes, so not sure yet how that channel will end up fitting in, once the promotional period ends and the book I branched off with becomes non-free, but I very much doubt it will end up doing worse than Amazon. For me, writing is just a hobby, so as long as I brake even I'm cool with whatever I make, but still, I appreciate the idea of being on multiple channels regardless of finances. If I was in any way financially dependent on my writing, I'm at this point not actually sure I'dd be keeping Amazon as a channel, as for me, it has been the channel I put most work and effort in and against the lowest returns.
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Thanks, this just reinforces my impression of Amazon so far.