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We lend ebooks worldwide, for free. Over two million free ebooks available and 1M more in our lending library. A web page for every book.
San Francisco, California, USA
Joined January 2009
The Open Library is experiencing a service interruption due to maintenance by our internet server provider. We are working closely with the provider and expect full service within a few hours. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
We are experiencing service disruptions and are working to resolve the issue. Sorry for delays!
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The Internet Archive's Ops Team is addressing a hardware issue with a network switch following an unplanned upstream power outage. https://t.co/fAuExwnNbx will have intermittent access as equipment is cycled. Thank you for your patience.
The Wayback Machine, https://t.co/W9c5FPIbpT, and some other https://t.co/rvOhn0c6zM functions are offline because some network gear has failed. We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
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The entire @openlibrary team would like to express our deep sadness at the loss of our friend @gbnewby who, for years, has seeded @gutenberg_org with public good, open access values worth continuing to follow. Thank you for your beautiful contributions. You are missed.
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What’s Trending on Open Library? The Open Library launched a new trending algorithm to help book lovers discover books trending right now. 📈 Read more: https://t.co/X3kfv8VvFx
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We are working on restoring access after an upstream power outage. Thank you for your patience! https://t.co/Ay2Mp0Lty0
https://t.co/KbdcLkyosg is temporarily offline. We are working to restore access. Apologies for the disruption!
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https://t.co/TxzwYzRFnF may be temporarily offline today for the next ten minutes as we grow and resize our database servers. 🌱 You may still use https://t.co/ZH86ehjnvh while you're waiting!
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What would you be most excited for on https://t.co/TxzwYzRFnF? 1. Community Tags (like Archive of Our Own) 2. The ability to nominate Best Books on any topic 3. Following other readers 4. On-the-fly book translations 5. Better collections 6. Other?
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Switch up the routine this weekend with a last-minute Florida trip
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Next week we plan to release a quality of service upgrade to our /search.json API which should drop load size in some cases from 500kb to 15kb. This may result in a breaking change for some clients. Learn how to update your application here: https://t.co/s0qZ6KUIzZ
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We're so grateful, so thankful to have so many of you with us on this journey together: rain and shine. We'll be back as soon as we can, with your library shelves as you left them. Love, The @openlibrary community
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There will always be setbacks, attacks, people who wish we could do a better job, people who may dislike libraries. What we can & will do is: listen, try to grow and improve, and offer the underserved materials they need, as best we can. That is our mission.
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It must be acknowledged, the world is going through a tough time, on so many fronts. We understand everyone has different circumstances, challenges, reasons. Our community shows care by staying focused and building the best library we can.
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The @openlibrary isn't a single person. It's a small, dedicated, team of staff & hundreds of volunteer, open-source contributors from around the globe who are investing their energy to offer the world free, public resources that put humans first and respect reader privacy.
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Look, libraries have 1⃣ job: invest their resources to serve the underserved public. When conditions are hardest, that's when it's *most* important to do our jobs well. We're not perfect, but we are working as hard as we can, with what we have, to restore services for everyone.
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On October 29, 2024 at 9a PT, the @openlibrary will host it's 4th annual virtual Community Celebration to honor the wonderful humans who make the Internet a more useful & trustworthy place for researchers & learners. https://t.co/cMWRceOrxs We thank you 🙇📚
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Join us on Tuesday, October 29 at 9am PT for the 2024 virtual Open Library Community Celebration, where we honor dozens of contributors who have selflessly served the mission of making books more...
Yesterday the @openlibrary hosted it's 3rd annual Community Celebration to honor contributors from around the globe who work on https://t.co/Cak4PtLUeP. ♥️ Thank you staff, fellows, volunteers, donors, & patrons for helping us achieve another meaningful year!
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In the month since we've launched this change, more than 40,000 patrons who *would* have hit dead ends have instead been shown fallbacks. Thank you Meredith and the @openlibrary community for helping improve the lives of thousands of book lovers!
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Why did we spend time on a "search inside" fallback? Throughout 2023 we conducted design research to better understand learners & educators who rely on @openlibrary. Many told us they didn't know the search mode could be changed to text mode. https://t.co/KNfGkFMPvH
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EXW vs. FOB vs. DDP shouldn’t slow a shipment down. Download the Incoterms 2020 cheat sheet and get clarity in 2 minutes. → Click for free download
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It's a bummer when a book search has no results 🚧 Thanks to our 2024 Fellow Meredith W: search now falls back to look for text matches inside books! 🎉
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In less than 1️⃣ hour, 10am ET, join the court case livestream where the @internetarchive will state their argument to defend the future of libraries. https://t.co/HLj8DM7tbE - Courtroom 1505 I believe @aaronsw's @openlibrary must prevail.
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@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: https://t.co/N3RfXu7L1E
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⏰ "The Countdown to Save US Libraries" 4⃣ days left before courts deliberate on the future of libraries ✊ I wholeheartedly support @aaronsw's @openlibrary, the @internetarchive, and believe in @library_futures 📚 My take: https://t.co/Cx97jGQkAJ
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Hello, world! I* need your help signing and sharing this open letter, to defend the future of libraries:
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We need policies that champion newer, modern recycling to keep up with demand for products made with recycled plastic.
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