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the whole point of the article isn't how good or bad coffee in general (and Starbucks in specific) is, the point is one of relative value.
I'll pay big bucks for Bujold, because she never disappoints, and I know I will always re-read her. I won't pay big bucks for lesser authors, because I can't make that statement "never disappoints" even about my beloved Nora Roberts (I find her Brides quartet and the Inn Boonsboro books extremely disappointing, and not re-read worthy). In consequence, I need to see really good reviews before I'll pay big bucks for a book, in whatever format, or the book needs to be priced in my zone where, if I don't like the book, I can write it off without wincing at the money I've wasted.
Lee and Miller's Liaden books are in that wavering zone for me, because while I enjoy them, I hate that so many end on cliff-hangers, even minor ones.
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