Russian publisher prints books about Putin under names of western authors
Writers consider legal action against Moscow publishing house after discovering series about Russian president circulated in their names. The Moscow Times reports
Robots that write fiction? You couldn’t make it up
Computer-generated fiction might seem a tipping point for artificial intelligence, but it could help us to understand the world we live in
Seeing stars: writers should not fear online reviews
Will social media and aggregated preferences sweep away book reviewing and literary culture? There’s nothing new about the death of literature
Kindle turns five: independent women thrive in ebook bestseller charts
EL James and Rachel Abbott take the ebook top spots as self-published success spreads on Amazon’s e-reader
How the arts can help change attitudes to blindness
Thinking creatively about formats such as Braille and audio description can help improve accessibility and perceptions about blindness
Ich bin ein Berliner…
The latest project from Pigeonhole – a twist on From Our Own Correspondent – offers weekly dispatches from Berlin
If you want to get ahead, get a scanner
New online publishing house Canelo’s decision to recognise the importance of properly scanned books can only be good for the reputation of ebooks as a whole
Ebooks are unfamiliar waters for digital pirates, according to UK survey
Publishing sector has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, with book piracy at half the rate of copyright theft in film and music
Amazon stock surge makes CEO Jeff Bezos $7bn richer in 45 minutes
Internet retailer turns unexpected profit with sharp sales rise surpassing Walmart as world’s most valuable retail company
Roald Dahl’s gruesome twosome The Twits return in new children’s app
Twit or Miss game kicks off digital strategy to bring Dahl’s characters to young fans, in tandem with the writer’s centenary celebrations next year
EL Doctorow obituary
One of the most celebrated American novelists best known for his historical fiction whose books Ragtime and Billy Bathgate were turned into films
App could turn America’s poor into lifelong readers
A scheme involving the White House, libraries and publishers will let children from cash-strapped families read free ebooks
Amazon at 20: what has the online giant ever done for retail?
The e-commerce site is 20 years old this week. So what influence has it really had on the retail and internet industries?
Amazon set to pay self-published authors as little as $0.006 per page read
Writers of shorter works could lose out on revenue as company’s Kindle Owners Lending Library and Kindle Unlimited no longer pay per copy downloaded
Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James now worth £37m
Books, film and merchandising tie-ins help to boost fortune