Everyone should have access to knowledge.

Due to the efforts of DPLA and our partners nationwide, libraries around the country can now purchase and own in perpetuity tens of thousands of ebook and audiobook titles from dozens of independent publishers. Until now, libraries have had to merely license digital content, like e- and audiobooks, from publishers, which presented a host of access, preservation, censorship, and cost concerns. By changing the ownership model in favor of libraries, readers and authors, libraries can now transfer their owned digital books to alternate hosts, take possession of the files themselves, transfer titles to other libraries, share them through inter-library loans, and even update files to ensure preservation and access. Dynamic indie publishers such as Austin Macauley, Arcadia Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, Dover Publications and JMS Books, alongside hundreds of others, are participating in this new and necessary model of digital ownership.