Was the First “E-Reader” Invented More than 60 Years Ago?

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Hoping to make her students’ backpacks lighter, a Spanish teacher invented what she called the Encyclopedia Mechanics. Some are calling this creation, which consolidates books into interchangeable spools of paper, the first ‘e-reader.’

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