Minecraft movie will be ‘large-budget’ but unlikely to arrive before 2017

Mojang COO Vu Bui talks Hollywood plans, YouTube and Minecraft books ahead of Microsoft acquisition. By Stuart Dredge

YouTube, Minecraft and David Walliams: children’s books in 2014

Kids are using more devices now, but they’re still reading books. In fact, the market is buoyant. By Stuart Dredge

Innovative startup Advance Editions is turning book editing into a conversation, writes Anna Baddeley

Author and critic Nicolette Jones says she’s never seen a picture-book app doing something a book can’t do better. By Stuart Dredge

Group representing Donna Tartt, Stephen King and others says Amazon tactics have driven sales down by at least 50%

Union says forcing ISPs to block copyright-infringing websites would reduce piracy and help protect artists

Chapter with more characters and Quentin Blake illustration deemed 'too wild' for British children appears for first time

Compares Hachette dispute to past paperback fears, but partially quoting George Orwell is a risky move. By Stuart Dredge

The worldwide domination of Markus Persson's building-blocks game is a triumph for the power of human imagination, writes John Naughton

It is 43 years old and was out of print for ages, but the Microsoft mogul's approval has caused a brand new surge in sales

Nearly 900 authors across world back criticism of online retailer's business tactics in ebooks dispute with US publisher Hachette

Amazon's leaked 'Netflix for books' plan will alarm publishers – and doom old-fashioned anonymous reading, writes John Naughton

iPad manufacturer to pay damages contingent upon appeals court ruling over whether it conspired with publishers to fix prices

But that doesn't necessarily mean printed books and linear television will die out by 2020, suggest experts. By Stuart Dredge

Madonna, Moby, Public Enemy and more artists have used service pitched as creator marketing, not piracy. By Stuart Dredge