But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premier academic libraries. Books written after 1923 quickly disappear into a literary black hole.

When I was growing up, I always knew I'd be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence.

We wouldn't survive if people didn't trust us.

Today, if you want to access a typical out-of-print book, you have only one choice - fly to one of a handful of leading libraries in the country and hope to find it in the stacks.

Ultimately you want to have the entire world's knowledge connected directly to your mind.

We are currently not planning on conquering the world.

But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premier academic libraries. Books written after 1923 quickly disappear into a literary black hole.