Alec Baldwin accuses HarperCollins of sloppy editing on his memoir
Claiming that his memoir, Nevertheless, contains “SEVERAL typos and errors”, the actor has decided to publish his own clarifications on Facebook
Russia blamed for Amazon listing of anti-Trump book
Historian Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny, which offers lessons on resisting repressive rule, provokes fake book listing that repeats slogan seen on pro-Putin posters
Paperback fighter: sales of physical books now outperform digital titles
It can be cheaper to buy the physical copy of a book than a digital download thanks to changes in Amazon’s deal with publishers
Ebook sales continue to fall as younger generations drive appetite for print
Nielsen survey finds UK ebook sales declined by 4% in 2016, the second consecutive year digital has shrunk
Microsoft pilots ebook sales in Windows 10
Publishers offer cautious welcome after leak shows software giant has included a bookselling section in a new build of its operating system
Picture this: Joe Wicks and his Instagram peers are strengthening publishing
The Body Coach is a million seller and other web stars’ books are selling very well. Publishers in profit is good news for readers – and some of these books are actually worth reading
AllRomance.com’s sudden closure hits authors hard
Romance ebook distributor is proposing to slash writers’ royalties after falling victim to downturn in digital reading market
Book-choice app Alexi aims to free readers from ‘algorithm rabbit hole’
New service featuring weekly picks from star authors including Bret Easton Ellis and Ali Smith hopes to introduce books ‘that challenge as well as entertain’
Fantastic riches and where to find them: how to grow a $22bn franchise
Fantastic Beasts is not just a new outpost for the Harry Potter empire. It is a pivotal moment in the creation of The Wizarding World of JK Rowling – and it could give the gold-gobbling niffler a run for its money. We go over the books
Jarett Kobek: ‘The internet has been enormously detrimental to society’
The author of Silicon Valley satire I Hate the Internet on the evils of social media, and how novelists have failed to tackle it
You can’t judge a book by its cover – if you’re a robot
An algorithm has been built to predict a book’s genre by its cover. Sadly for online booksellers, it doesn’t do a very good job
Erotic stories by Anaïs Nin consigned to Amazon’s adult content ‘dungeon’
New volume of the author’s erotica, written for a private patron in the 1930s, will not show up in searches except under specific conditions
YouTube stars the Sidemen are frontrunners in race for Christmas books No 1
Figures show that game-playing vloggers’ print debut sold more than 26,000 copies in its first three days on sale last week
Minecraft, books, panto… and pugs! YouTube star DanTDM opens up
His games channel has 12.7m subscribers, but Daniel Middleton’s horizons are expanding into publishing and theatre
In the age of the algorithm, the human gatekeeper is back
The rise of algorithms has been relentless, but we need human input in our world of technological innovations