{"items": [{"author": "opted out", "source_link": "#", "anchor": "unknown", "service": "unknown", "text": "this user has requested that their comments not be shown here", "timestamp": "1331502568"}, {"author": "George", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/391306040898189?comment_id=391348400893953", "anchor": "fb-391348400893953", "service": "fb", "text": "This problem will only exist as long as ebooks are not sufficiently common.", "timestamp": "1331504225"}, {"author": "Fionnuala", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/391306040898189?comment_id=391380467557413", "anchor": "fb-391380467557413", "service": "fb", "text": "Join the Boston Athenaeum-they will send books to your house.  Also MLN rocks.", "timestamp": "1331507738"}, {"author": "opted out", "source_link": "#", "anchor": "unknown", "service": "unknown", "text": "this user has requested that their comments not be shown here", "timestamp": "1331508848"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/391306040898189?comment_id=391484947546965", "anchor": "fb-391484947546965", "service": "fb", "text": "Mailing to you not the same economics as shipping a group of books to a single site, ie, your library.  You can always check Amazon for cheap editions.  Does Amazon have a book buyback deal?", "timestamp": "1331520509"}, {"author": "Allison", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/391306040898189?comment_id=391537150875078", "anchor": "fb-391537150875078", "service": "fb", "text": "Yeah I'm just waiting for libraries to expand their ebook selection.", "timestamp": "1331527530"}, {"author": "Todd", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/112947709146257842066", "anchor": "gp-1331601707757", "service": "gp", "text": "Netflix is for profit. Doesn't seem like a fair comparison.", "timestamp": 1331601707}, {"author": "David German", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/111229345142780712481", "anchor": "gp-1331605451179", "service": "gp", "text": "Books are heavy.", "timestamp": 1331605451}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1331606770837", "service": "gp", "text": "@David German\n media mail?", "timestamp": 1331606770}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1331606787052", "service": "gp", "text": "@Todd\n Maybe a for-profit library partnership?", "timestamp": 1331606787}, {"author": "David German", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/111229345142780712481", "anchor": "gp-1331607135609", "service": "gp", "text": "@Jeff Kaufman\n e-books?", "timestamp": 1331607135}, {"author": "David German", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/111229345142780712481", "anchor": "gp-1331607268301", "service": "gp", "text": "@Todd\n I suspect Netflix isn't even making money by mailing DVDs anymore, given how hard they're trying to deprecate it.  And they're lighter than books.", "timestamp": 1331607268}, {"author": "Todd", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/112947709146257842066", "anchor": "gp-1331607496847", "service": "gp", "text": "@David German\n Sure. But even when Netflix was making money by mailing DVDs... they were making money, not doing it free for anyone who signed up for a library card.", "timestamp": 1331607496}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1331641574333", "service": "gp", "text": "@Todd\n Sorry, I wasn't trying to imply my library should be the one to pay for shipping.  This would be too expensive to run for free.", "timestamp": 1331641574}]}