Google Books started their scanning with books held in university libraries (and the New York Public Library). While there might have been some variation from s

Google Books started their scanning with books held in university libraries (and the New York Public Library). While there might have been some variation from school to school the basic deal was Google and the school each got a copy. The university copies are largely, or entirely, held by HathiTrust [1] (who was also sued by the Author's Guild). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books_Library_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Books_Library_Project [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HathiTrust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HathiTrust