# open library

> openlibrary.org | Storage; 1 record: free tier, limits, identity cost and evidence.

HTML https://fshy.ajam.dev/p/openlibrary/ | JSON https://fshy.ajam.dev/api/v1/entity/openlibrary.json | how to read a record: https://fshy.ajam.dev/llms-full.txt

## open library

- `storage/open-library` | fails-quota | evidence reported | binding none | category rejected-provider
- identity a placeholder: card and phone unknown | verified 2026-10-21 (inherited) | stale on 2026-11-05
- url https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/editing
- free tier: Not a file store: the only user upload is cover images capped at 30 MB, and bulk book import requires a privileged account via the JSON import API. Records point at Internet Archive items… | unit: none | metered on: none | read on: 2026-10-21 | source: [1]
- per-object cap: not recorded | source: [1] | note: not recorded
- retention: not recorded | source: [1]
- egress: not recorded | metered: no
- identity: email
- interface: unknown
- tooling: not recorded
- composes with: the same as tooling
- reliability: the same as the free tier
- notes: the same as the free tier
- extras:
  - dead_end.failure_class: quota
  - dead_end.why: Not a file store: the only user upload is cover images capped at 30 MB, and bulk book import requires a privileged account via the JSON import API. Records point at Internet Archive items…
  - dead_end.first_recorded: 2026-10-21
- evidence:
  - [1] 2026-10-21: Not a file store: the only user upload is cover images capped at 30 MB, and bulk book import requires a privileged account via the JSON import API. Records point at Internet Archive items…
  - [2] 2026-10-21: cited as the basis of the rejection: Not a file store: the only user upload is cover images capped at 30 MB, and bulk book import requires a privileged account via the JSON import API. Records point at Internet Archive items ra
- sources:
  - [1] https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/editing
  - [2] https://docs.openlibrary.org/advanced/data-importing.html