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Open Library claims to have over 20 million records in its database.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openlibrary.org/about |title=About Us |publisher=Openlibrary.org |access-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627092210/https://openlibrary.org/about |archive-date=2015-06-27 }}</ref> Copies of the contents of tens of thousands of modern books have been made available from 150 libraries and publishers for [[ebook]] [[controlled digital lending]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/post/349420/in-library-ebook-lending-program-launched |title=Internet Archive Forums: In-Library eBook Lending Program Launched |date=2011-02-22 |access-date=2015-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717121618/https://archive.org/post/349420/in-library-ebook-lending-program-launched |archive-date=2015-07-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other books including in-print and in-copyright books have been scanned from copies in library collections, library discards, and donations, and are also available for lending in digital form.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAQ on Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) |date=13 February 2019 |url=https://nwu.org/book-division/cdl/faq/ |access-date=2019-02-14 |archive-date=2020-03-30 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20200330193826/https://nwu.org/book%2Ddivision/cdl/faq/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In total, the Open Library offers copies of over 1.4 million books for what it calls "digital lending", but critics have called distribution of digital copies a violation of copyright law.
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