The EU vat rules have occupied me some more yesterday... and I'm very happy that I only have one pdf knitting pattern to sell, and that should be easily solveable by either continuing to sell it via Ravelry or taking it down come January. If that rule is really going to apply to physical goods in the future, though, things will look differently.
For those of you who enjoy graphic depictions of stuff, here's the comic listing the typical options for small businesses selling digital content:
(Comic by Dave Walker)