As of 2007[update], they have completed the scanning of 1 million books and have made the entire catalog accessible online.
The books are mirrored in part at sites in India, China, Carnegie Mellon, the Internet Archive, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
[3][4][5] The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Carnegie Mellon $3.63M over four years for equipment and administrative travel for the Million Book Project.
The University of California, Merced Library funded the work to acquire copyright permission from U.S. publishers.
[6] The Internet Archive hosted an online symposium in 2021 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Million Book Project.