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Bob Brown writes about reading a book on a machine and calls it "The Readies" in response to films called "Talkies" (Wilber, 2020, para. 1). -
Angela Ruiz Robles invents the automated book (Smith, 2016, Section 4, para. 1). -
The first eBook is created by Michael S. Hart (Hardy, 2016, Section 3, para. 1). -
Sony released the first commercial eBook reader called the “Sony Data Discman” (Kowalczyk, 2021). -
“The Complete Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” is released on a floppy disk (Kowalczyk, 2021). -
The British Library digitizes “Beowulf.” -
Stephen King’s “Riding the Bullet” novella is released (Kowalczyk, 2021). -
The first Kindle launched in November 2007 cost $399 (Kowalczyk, 2021). -
As of July 2010, James Patterson sold 1,143,274 eBooks (Kowalczyk, 2021). -
"BiblioTech – The first eBook-only library opens in Texas with 10,000 titles” (Kowalczyk, 2021).