📚 The removal of more than 500,000 books from our library is a devastating loss to readers worldwide. Sign the petition and let publishers know you want access restored. 👉️ #LetReadersRead #BannedBooksWeek

Today, we honor Frederick Douglass on his chosen birthday. 🎂 His 1855 autobiography MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM remains a powerful account of his journey from enslavement to freedom. Read it here ➡️ #Blackhistorymonth #LetReadersRead @InternetArchive

What does the outcome of the publishers' lawsuit mean for library users? Patrons like Kaan in Turkey consider it a devastating loss that impacts education.⁠ Let the publishers know that you want access to over 500,000 books restored. ✍️➡️ #LetReadersRead

@aaronsw @openlibrary @internetarchive @library_futures Already, @internetarchive & @openlibrary have been forced to remove 500,000 library books from lending, including 50+ year old literary classics, like Fahrenheit 451 & 1984. Sign the open letter, urge publishers to #LetLibrariesLend & #LetReadersRead:.

Access to books is crucial for everyone, especially for those living in places without libraries or with limited access. 🌍📚 Tell the publishers that sued our library you want access to 500,000+ books restored. ➡️ #LetReadersRead

What does the appellate opinion in the publishers' lawsuit against our library mean for readers? For patrons like Prakash in India, it’s a devastating loss. What does the outcome of the publishers' lawsuit mean to you? Share your story ➡️ #LetReadersRead

Readers have spoken out about how the appellate court's opinion against our library affects them. For patrons like Andrés & Márk it’s a devastating loss to equity & accessibility. ✍️ the petition & tell the publishers to restore access: 👉 #LetReadersRead

We want to hear from you: How does yesterday's opinion from the appellate court affect your reading or research? What does it mean to you that 500,000+ books are no longer available for lending? Please share your story ➡️ #LetReadersRead

New post from @brewster_kahle, “Lending of Digitized Books” ➡️ #LetReadersRead

The Internet Archive has physical books??! Yes! 📚️ See for yourself on October 22 - we're opening the doors to the Physical Archive in Richmond, CA, for a party & tours 🎟️ #library #RichmondCA #Bibliophile #BookCommunity #LetReadersRead

As Dray writes, the removal of more than 500,000 books from our lending library is a 'major setback' for journalists all over the world ✍️ Sign the petition to restore access: #LetReadersRead

For readers like Grant, digital libraries are a lifeline, & the loss of 500,000+ books has been a devastating blow. Let publishers know we need access restored for readers like Grant. 📚 Sign the open letter. ✍️➡️ #LetReadersRead

🎂 Celebrate F. Scott Fitzgerald's birthday with a look back at "The Great Gatsby" and his other literary classics. 🖋📚 Read "Gatsby"—now in the public domain—on the Internet Archive ➡️ #Classics #LetReadersRead #LiteraryLegend #GreatBooks #PublicDomain

Celebrating the birthday 🎂 of D.H. Lawrence, born #OTD 1885. Known for works exploring modernity & sexuality, his "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was once censored. Today it's in the public domain. 📚 Read it here: #Books #LetReadersRead #LiteratureLegend

Maxime & Jordan are just two of hundreds of readers who have reached out to us after the appellate opinion, worried about the loss of access to books. Let the publishers know you want access to 500,000+ books restored. 📚✍️ ➡️ #LetReadersRead

🎂 Celebrate the 158th birthday of author H.G. Wells with this 1927 edition of Amazing Stories containing his classic story, "The War of the Worlds" ➡️ . #Books #LetReadersRead #LiteraryLegend #SciFi #BookLovers #LiteraryGenius #mars #publicdomain

Today is Victor Hugo’s birthday! 🎂 His 1831 novel THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME helped spark efforts to preserve Paris’s iconic cathedral. 📖 🔔. Illustrated edition ➡️ #VictorHugo #PublicDomain @InternetArchive #LetReadersRead #NotreDame #literature

#LetReadersRead.

Went to my history loans @internetarchive.* 32% bought.* 11% most second-hand, on my ToBuy list.* 41% not available to buy or too expensive (200€!).* 2% Public Domain.* 14% not interested (some not available).Don't ever tell me libraries harm publishers. EVER. #LetReadersRead