> I am wondering, are there any organizations that actively scan and archive books, even if they don't share them because of copyright laws? Amazon is almost a

> I am wondering, are there any organizations that actively scan and archive books, even if they don't share them because of copyright laws? Amazon is almost a monopoly when it comes to books, and we cannot rely on it to preserve the books for the next 50+ years, and not every purchased copy is guaranteed to be around by then. The University of Michigan and Google Books have something like this, at least for the UM library: https://publicaffairs.vpcomm.umich.edu/key-issues/google-settlement-ruling/google-library-partnership https://publicaffairs.vpcomm.umich.edu/key-issues/google-set... . I can't find much about whether it stopped completely, or just went quiet, after the lawsuits.