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Post by Pru Freda on Feb 14, 2014 5:54:12 GMT -5
I've often seen it mentioned over on the WC that the cost of an ebook is on a par with, or less than, the cost of a coffee in Starbucks. I've no idea how much that is.
Anyone care to enlighten me, please?
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Post by Suzy on Feb 14, 2014 6:20:23 GMT -5
I think it's around 2.50 euros here. But it depends on the type and size.
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Post by Daniel on Feb 14, 2014 8:17:21 GMT -5
I think it's between 2 and 5 USD, depending upon size and style. It's been a while since I bought one. I don't care for their coffee because they roast it too dark and they charge way too much.
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Post by vrabinec on Feb 14, 2014 16:17:36 GMT -5
The one I get at the Starbucks in our B&N usually costs me $4.95. But I usually get one with the crème and vanilla somethingorother. I'm a black coffee straight, no sugar guy, but their coffee tastes like shit...unless they mask it as a dessert, in which case I like it.
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 14, 2014 18:11:56 GMT -5
I think it's between 2 and 5 USD, depending upon size and style. It's been a while since I bought one. I don't care for their coffee because they roast it too dark and they charge way too much. And how. I have a conspiracy theory about that -- by over-roasting the beans so they don't taste good, they push you from a $1.75 coffee to a $4.50 milk-based drink, like a mocha or a latte. Brilliant strategy. Ah, yeah, I can see vrab is thinking along the same lines. But yeah, Lynda, a fancy drink generally costs more than an ebook: between $3.50 and $5.00. If you just want a small plain coffee, that's not as much. But like Daniel said, not so tasty. |
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Post by Alan Petersen on Feb 14, 2014 18:28:51 GMT -5
The medium (grande) dark roast coffee costs $1.95 in San Francisco. mmm.
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Post by carlos on Aug 27, 2016 12:28:40 GMT -5
Unlike Starbucks, writers must compete against other writers offering as good (or maybe better) product for free over the internet.
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Post by shelley on Aug 27, 2016 12:46:38 GMT -5
It's a false equivalency, anyway. Mostly writers say that, but readers don't think of books in the same way they do their yummy coffee drinks.  |
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Post by Miss Terri Novelle on Aug 27, 2016 16:42:18 GMT -5
The nearest Starbucks when we lived in Syracuse was at the mall which by the way the crow flies was maybe 10 miles and change from my house. By the road, it was a half hour minimum each way, at least ten instances of name calling of other drivers for ignoring any basic courtesy along with traffic signals, and then ten minutes of standing in line at least. Not worth it. Just not.
Here, we're 45-50 minutes one way to get to one. Very few instances of name calling though, so that's a plus. But again, not worth it. I've only been to Dunkin twice and that's a six minute drive one way. Coffee at home equals another hour I don't have to put on shoes or outdoor clothes...I'm a jammies til noon kind of gal.
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Post by Rinelle Grey on Aug 28, 2016 0:59:45 GMT -5
Starbucks gave up here in Australia because no one would buy their coffee. I don't really like the comparison between coffee and ebooks. One takes a lot longer to make, it's true, but you can also sell it limitless times! One is made quickly (if you don't count all the time it takes to actually grow those coffee beans,), but can only be sold once. The ONLY thing they have in common is a similar price. |
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Post by Becca Mills on Aug 28, 2016 1:07:30 GMT -5
It's a false equivalency, anyway. Mostly writers say that, but readers don't think of books in the same way they do their yummy coffee drinks. Yeah, I think you're right. People tend to think of their coffee (whatever form it takes) as a necessity! |
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Post by sheilawrites on Aug 29, 2016 8:45:16 GMT -5
I don't know, since I don't drink coffee, but according to the WC, if I just gave up my daily latte whatever, and all those other indulgences I don't indulge in, I could save all that money and finally become a Serious Writer(TM)! With a professional cover and proper editing and everything. My gosh.
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Post by carlos on Aug 29, 2016 10:29:40 GMT -5
I have for too many years regarded coffee as a basic human right and necessity--but with Portland's own "Stumptown" brand selling its beans for a dollar an ounce I may need to take the pledge. I sometimes lament all the money I have wasted in a lifetime of self indulgence (coffee, Snickers bars) and wonder whether the founders of great family fortunes, Rockefeller, Ford, Rothschild, etc., were ever so reckless with their children's futures. I have recently given up peanut butter, and thereby reduced my intake of whole grain bread. This ought to be beneficial, but it's probably more of a penance than a cure. It is too late for me. I encourage the rest of you to buy books instead of coffee.
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