More than 2.5m Minecraft books sold by Egmont Publishing
Book titles which tie in with the game include Blockopedia, a bestseller in the children’s nonfiction category in 2015
Lee Child on Amazon’s real-life bookshops – and why we should be worried
The world’s biggest online retailer wants to invade the high street. What’s in it for them?
Book Depository is coming to Australia – but there’s nothing like a local bookshop
While the Amazon-owned online retailer’s first major step into Australia means more competition, it’s not all doom and gloom for independent booksellers
What apps next? Publishers and developers embrace ‘unprintable’ fiction
Developers and authors explain how they are experimenting with technology to publish ‘unprintable’ books – including a love story told through Google street view and a prison break with swappable recipes
Neil Gaiman to release non-fiction book in May
Author blogs he has finished ‘giant proofread’ of The View from the Cheap Seats, a collection of ‘not every speech, introduction or article I’ve written’
Penguin blames likely job losses on rise of ebooks
Publisher wants to cut 225 jobs from Warwickshire warehouse, where books are distributed, owing to decline in demand
Google-backed Lost My Name has sold 1m children’s books in two years
British startup has shipped to 160 countries, based on its mantra of being ‘a technology company that happens to make physical books’
Faber boss says future of book publishing is mobile
Stephen Page also says publishers must ‘understand mobile’ and put smartphone communication at the centre of thinking
Zoella and the YouTubers: they let us write pointless books!
Web stars including PewDiePie and Tyler Oakley are all hoping for a bestseller this Christmas. Are their efforts any good or just shameless cash-ins?
How do I love thee? Let me Instagram it
Mobbed at signings, followed by millions and topping the bestseller lists: Instapoets such as Lang Leav, Rupi Kaur and Tyler Knott Gregson are poetry’s new superstars, publishing their love poems and haiku on social media. But are they any good?
From Minecraft to books: what Stampy did next after YouTube stardom
British gamer Joseph Garrett may be nervous in crowds, but he has a growing legion of young fans – and a publishing deal to make their Christmas
Fly, funky and fearless: meet the Black Romantics
London is seeing the rise of a new wave of young black creatives, from style queen Swanzy to painter Barka and performance poet Belinda Zhawi. Is this the future of Afropolitanism?
David Lynch to hit back at media ‘bullshit’ with his own memoir
Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks director to join forces with journalist Kristine McKenna for an autobiographical study of his life and work
Classic children’s books on coding reprogrammed for a new generation
Author Lisa Watts, who helped to teach a generation of children about computers a quarter of a century ago, hopes new books will inspire tomorrow’s programmers
Why I gave up my copyright: Kirill Medvedev
The Russian poet has been releasing his work free of ownership since 2004, insisting that publishers can only make editions without contracts and without his consent. He explains how opening his poems up to piracy is both a political protest and a liberating step towards intellectual sovereignty