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\uD83D\uDCD8 Selling or reprinting public domain materials

If the HathiTrust books that were digitized by Google (note the watermarks on the page scans to confirm), they : They may not be re-hosted, re-distributed, or used commercially, as per our access & use policies. They are for educational/non-profit use only.

That said, Google-digitized volumes are the only volumes that carry such The only exception to reusing books that were digitized by Google is if both of the criteria below apply. If this is the case and you would like to re-host the book on your own platform, please contact the HathiTrust User Support team at support@hathitrust.org to secure this permission.

  • You are the copyright holder for the book

  • You have already opened access to the HathiTrust copy of the book using a Creative Commons license.

HathiTrust books that were not digitized by Google do not carry these restrictions. Please review the access and use policies carefully, as some items may be in the public domain in the United States but not worldwide, and it is possible that heirs or the estates of authors may claim rights to portions of items outside of the determinations we have made. To be sure, you may wish to speak to a copyright expert.

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