= Internet Archive Open Library
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Previously called "Lending Library" it seems: https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360016554912-Borrowing-From-The-Lending-Library
You can borrow online books from them for a few hours/days: https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360016554912-Borrowing-From-The-Lending-Library This is the most amazing thing ever made!!! You can even link to specific pages, e.g. https://archive.org/details/supermenstory00murr/page/80/mode/2up
They seem to a have a separate URL with the same content as well for some reason: https://openlibrary.org/[], classic messy <Internet Archive> style.
Bastards are suing them https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/1/21277036/internet-archive-publishers-lawsuit-open-library-ebook-lending[]: Hachette, Penguin Random House, Wiley, and HarperCollins
It is quite hard to decide if an upload is from the official legal lending library, or just some illegal upload, e.g.:
* https://archive.org/details/TheGoogleStory likely illegal
* https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780385342728 likely legal
so the URLs are basically the same style. Some legality indicators:
* `Access-restricted-item`: true
* present in the collection: https://archive.org/details/internetarchivebooks?tab=about
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