Cornell Library has partnered with BookSurge, a subsidiary of Amazon.com 
that provides inventory-free book publishing, printing, fulfillment, and 
distribution, to make digitized materials from its world-class collections 
available as paperback editions. Customers who order a Cornell title from 
Amazon.com will receive a high-resolution facsimile copy of the original 
contents. 


The New York State Historical Literature Collection of seminal works in the 
public domain includes popular titles such as * Description of the New 
Netherlands *, by Adriaen van der Donck and * Colonial days in old New York 
*, by Alice Morse Earle.  More than 500 titles are currently available for 
purchase. 


The New York State Historical Literature Collection titles are available on-
line, on an open access basis, at 
http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/n/nys/.   Users may search the full text 
across the entire collection or within individual titles.  Genealogists and 
Historical Societies will find the Browse by Region feature provides a list 
of titles within 11 New York State areas at 
http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/n/nys/browse/geography/
 

Currently, nearly 6,000 Cornell titles are available for sale by anyone 
browsing Amazon.com. Google BookSearch also leads users to Cornell titles 
on Amazon or they can be purchased through Cornell Library’s customized 
Amazon storefront at 
http://bookstore.library.cornell.edu 


For more information about Cornell Library’s partnership with BookSurge and 
Amazon, contact Terry Ehling, director of the Center for Innovative 
Publishing, by email at   [log in to unmask]


Terry Ehling 
Director 
Center for Innovative Publishing 
Cornell University Library 
Ithaca, NY 14853 
http://cip.cornell.edu