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- ↑ Peter Steinkirchner (14 July 2012). "E-Book-Verlag bricht mit Konventionen" (in German). WirtschaftsWoche. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ "Der eBook-Verlag" (in German). dootbooks. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ Amanda DeMarco (27 November 2012). "dotbooks: Germany's Digital Vanguard Meets Old-School Editing". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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