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- ↑ Judge, Paul (1998-11-16), "E-Books: A Library On Your Lap", BusinessWeek, archived from the original on February 8, 2000
- ↑ http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?upd_id=3623&mdl=PRS505 Sony Reader PRS-505
- ↑ Intel Reader Archived 2012-09-10 at archive.today
- ↑ Barnes & Noble Nook
- ↑ Kobo Reader
- ↑ Audiobook and eMagazine library
