A New Way to Read

Montaigne's library still stands in southwestern France. If you visit, you can see the beams where he inscribed his favorite quotations: lines from Lucretius, Horace, the Stoics. His books were filled with notes in the margins, arguments with authors long dead, conversations that never ended.

He understood something essential: reading isn't passive. It's a dialogue. And the best things are built together.

Not in isolation. But through conversation, by listening to what you need, what frustrates you, what sparks your imagination.

The ancient Library of Alexandria was a living network of scholars, scribes, and seekers, all shaping knowledge together. We believe the digital Alexandria should be no different.

This week, we're excited to share two changes that came directly from you. Both are about making reading and learning feel the way they should: seamless, beautiful, and worthy of the great books themselves.

These changes came from you. Your feedback. Your "what ifs." Your vision of what this library could become. So thank you. For reading. For thinking. For telling us what matters. The next brick may be yours. Have thoughts on what we've built? We'd love to hear from you.

1. Reading Reimagined

Reading is at the core of everything we do. It's why we're here. Why we believe in libraries and lifelong learning. Why we inspire us all to read more, think deeply, and have better conversations.

For too long, our "standard reading mode" felt like a relic: like reading scans from a university library's fax machine.

Functional, yes. But not beautiful. Not worthy of the experience we imagined.

We've completely reimagined it.

Taking inspiration from Lightning mode, Standard reading is now a continuous, seamless experience. The text flows naturally. The pages turn smoothly. And of course, Virgil is always there beside you, ready to explore whatever catches your attention.

Reading should feel like a conversation with the author, not a battle with the interface.

2. A Home for Conversations

You told us you wanted an easy way to return to your chats with Virgil. A place where the questions that mattered, the insights that surprised you, the moments worth revisiting—all lived together. A place to easily pick up where you left off.

We created a new section in the Study for your conversations with Virgil.

It's a dedicated space in your library where all your conversations with Virgil are preserved. No more searching. No more lost threads. Just your dialogues, ready when you need them.

Because the best conversations don't end when you close the page. They echo. They grow. They become part of how you think.