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Re:Books from 1923 to 1941 Now Liberated by walterbell on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @05:22PM (#15445413)
> Now it is the chance for libraries and citizens who have been reticent to scan works beyond 1923, to push forward to 1941, and the Internet Archive will host them.

If individuals have private scans of rare books (1923 - 1941), how should these scans be delivered to Internet Archive for hosting?

Does "not being sold" mean out of print? Used, out-of-print books may still be sold. In fact, that's sometimes the only way to find a (possibly very expensive) copy for scanning and preservation.

Re:Books from 1923 to 1941 Now Liberated by toomuchtodo on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @05:25PM (#15445436)
You can upload them here: https://archive.org/upload/ (account required; free to create) and then send an email to the Internet Archive staff with the item identifier to have it added to Open Library.

If you don't mind shipping them the book(s):

Internet Archive, Attn: Book Donations, 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118

If you have a large donation of books, please call first to make arrangements: (415) 561-6767

Re:Books from 1923 to 1941 Now Liberated by jonah-archive on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @05:54PM (#15445646)
For the interested, we also have a Python library for uploading/searching/etc: http://internetarchive.readthedocs.io
Re:Books from 1923 to 1941 Now Liberated by chameleonSkin on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @06:25PM (#15445837)
From the text of the law:

"(2) No reproduction, distribution, display, or performance is authorized under this subsection if— (A) the work is subject to normal commercial exploitation; (B) a copy or phonorecord of the work can be obtained at a reasonable price"

I'd imagine that "normal commercial exploitation" would generally mean an item that is currently in print, although I could see other theoretical cases this would cover (for example, the work is not technically being printed anymore but there is a huge stock of existing volumes on the market).

I don't think reselling rare volumes would fall under this category - that could be "commercial exploitation", but certainly not "normal".