Chris Elliott: Open door: Reviewers have to discuss the nature of a film, book or TV show. But how far should they go in keeping from readers vital plot points or the denouement of a work?
The Independent's new editor talks about his plans to give the paper more energy – and whether the title will back Labour or the Lib Dems ever again. By Dan Sabbagh
Peter Preston: It's not a surprise that ebooks are booming, nor that mass-market paperbacks are suffering. What's fascinating is how well hardback books are still selling, years after their death knell seemed to have been sounded
Danny Leigh: Andrew Rossi's New York Times documentary trips up in its haste to capture the drama as it unfolds – in the manner of the paper's nemesis, the internet