Thank you for all the supportive comments and suggestions, here and on FB. I have always had good dealings with CDBaby, who have reached a buying public I could not have done on my own, so I'm reluctant to end my association with them and would not want any of my comments to be seen as criticising them overall. I'll look into Bandcamp, Matt, and hope it could be an addition to CDBaby rather than a replacement for it.
I'm hoping to get a new album together within the next 12 months or so - some of you will know that I'm engaged in work on a PhD at the moment and so it's not the top priority right now. Once it's on the way I'll keep the 'Cat informed, indecorously or decorously. But not begging.