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- ↑ Charlie Sorrel (2011-01-27). "Amazon Launches Kindle Singles, Saves Long-Form Journalism". Wired.
- ↑ Virginia Heffernan (February 25, 2011). "Living Singles". The New York Times.
- ↑ Dwight Garner (March 6, 2012). "Miniature E-Books Let Journalists Stretch Legs". The New York Times.
- ↑ Rebecca J. Rosen (March 12, 2012). "Authors of Kindle Singles Are Raking in Tens of Thousands of Dollars". The Atlantic.
