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==Book sponsorship program==
In the week of October 21, 2019, the Open Library website introduced a Book Sponsorship program,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Internet Archive Book Drive {{!}} Open Library |url=https://openlibrary.org/bookdrive |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=openlibrary.org |archive-date=2022-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605121050/https://openlibrary.org/bookdrive |url-status=live }}</ref> which according to [[Cory Doctorow]], "lets you direct a cash donation to pay for the purchase and scanning of any books. In return, you are first in line to check that book out when it is available, and then anyone who holds an Open Library library card can check it out.".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doctorow |first1=Cory |title=The Internet Archive's Open Library will let you sponsor a book, paying for it to be scanned |url=https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/hathi-never-forgets.html |website=BoingBoing |access-date=2019-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023125120/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/hathi-never-forgets.html |archive-date=2019-10-23 |url-status=live |date=2019-10-22}}</ref> The feature was developed by Mek Karpeles, Tabish Shaikh,<ref name=":0" /> and other members of the community.<ref>{{cite web |last1=El-Sabrout |first1=Omar Rafik |title=Scan On Demand: Building the World's Open Library, Together |url=http://blog.openlibrary.org/2019/10/23/scan-on-demand-building-the-worlds-open-library-together |website=The Open Library Blog |date=23 October 2019 |access-date=2019-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024160902/http://blog.openlibrary.org/2019/10/23/scan-on-demand-building-the-worlds-open-library-together/ |archive-date=2019-10-24 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Books for the blind and dyslexic==
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