Newspapers?

I'd pay $12, which is a 100% markup for the Sunday New York Times delivered by Sunday evening.

Even when Patti stopped the Sun. NYTimes service here in STT the price had reached $15 and that was years and years ago, When Gourmet Gallery had them just a few years ago they were $16.50. They were bringing them in during the mega yacht season.

I'd pay $12, which is a 100% markup for the Sunday New York Times delivered by Sunday evening.

Even when Patti stopped the Sun. NYTimes service here in STT the price had reached $15 and that was years and years ago, When Gourmet Gallery had them just a few years ago they were $16.50. They were bringing them in during the mega yacht season.

Well, she was making a small fortune.

You could leave Atlanta, Miami or New York and be in St. Thomas with a bundle of newspapers by 12:50 p.m. every Sunday.

You know what they say " You want to have a small fortune in the VI start with a large one"

I don't think she really had a large enough client list to fly there and get papers,she really just paid for air freight.

You know what they say " You want to have a small fortune in the VI start with a large one"

I don't think she really had a large enough client list to fly there and get papers,she really just paid for air freight.

Even with air freight. A smart businessman could get the luxury hotels to buy X number of copies and probably even any docking cruise ships to guarantee a certain number each week plus whatever you could sell at a newsstand or to local subscribers.

Does anyone know if there are any freight/cargo planes early morning or is getting the newspaper down on a commercial airline the only option? If you could get it to St. Thomas before 9:30-10 a.m. (so you'd have to leave Miami by 7 a.m.) the hotels would surely buy a good number of copies.

Are newspapers still a thing and if so why?

Are newspapers still a thing and if so why?

I prefer electronic media but i will admit that there is special about paper copy of Sunday NYT.

Meh. News is already old by the time you get it

I prefer reading a "real" book or newspaper, rather than reading on a device.
Since Dockside closed, I'm book deprived.
Yes, they do have books at the HSSTT flea market but being a voracious reader,
I've read or have most of what I find there.

Don't miss grubby fingers from print newspapers! Get plenty of real books from friends, flea market, a couple of restaurants/bars. Of course you can easily order online. Paperbacks tend to fall apart quickly here in the heat/humidity but I pass along what I read to others as long as they stay in decent shape (the books, not the people).

A Wall Street Journal would be great any day of the week.

You can get that online too. $1/week for the first 12 weeks.

Yea, but I can't start a fire in the bottom of my charcoal can with an ipod.

It's expensive to fly those papers in and more people read online. The hotels offer condensed photocopies of the papers if they offer anything.

"Paperbacks tend to fall apart quickly here in the heat/humidity but I pass along what I read to others as long as they stay in decent shape (the books, not the people)."

I have all my favorite authors books in paperback, in excellent condition, going many years back so I haven't experienced having them have a tendency to "fall apart quickly."

I'm sure that can be the case if they're not properly taken care of and passed around to many people.

There's nothing like browsing a bookstore for something new to read, IMO.
Online book shopping just doesn't do it for me.
I'm sure many others are quite happy doing so, however.
Whatever floats your boat.

I think this is definitely something we should have a very long discussion about, paying attention to specific authors, publishers, date published, number of hands the book has passed through before flapping its final page and certainly segueing into a treatise on how an inexpensive paperback should be handled in order to ensure its long life and preservation for generations to come. Maybe a "Save The Paperback" internet petition would also garner support throughout the world and lead to laws mandating only top quality printing paper and adhesives in paperback book publishing facilities. Guess the Coconut forum is the place to start as this is more an international concern than a strictly local one :@)