hellyeahgococksTom Scott - This library has every book ever published
Brokkr- in the UK.
I like his weekly videos, but this one is missing a fairly important qualifier in the title. Still informative and interesting.
Right! It would have been stunning if it tried to aquire every book published in every language… Though I suppose if certain books are imported and sold, then they would show up in this library
It doesn’t even have every book published in the UK, because there are a lot of books, especially at the beginning of the printing press period, which does not exist in any known copies anymore.
- in the UK and Ireland. For historical reasons every book published in Ireland has to send a copy to the British library.
Similarly, the Trinity College Library in Dublin is entitled to receive a copy of every book published in the UK, on request.