Universal Library

An international project makes complete texts available through a single Web portal and gives readers access to 1.5 million books.

This should put that $400 e-reader to good use. But we'll miss the smell of musty books and the days of carving our initials into big wooden desks.

Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.

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