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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Yes. They are called deposit libraries. In the US any copyrighted work that is published must be submitted in two copies to the United States Copyright Office at the Library of Congress. (They don't necessarily retain all copies or all books, though.)
In the UK one copy of every book must be sent to the British Library; five other libraries (the Bodleian at Oxford, Cambridge University Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Library of Trinity College / Dublin and the National Library of Wales) are entitled to request a free copy within one year of publication. |
Just for the sake of accuracy, Trinity College Dublin, is not in the UK.