Why blockbusters survived the web age
Jennifer Rankin: despite endess choice, the books, films and music industries can't escape domination by a handful of monster hits
Top book-recommendation platforms: what are your favourites?
We round up the best places for reading recommendations on the
web. But do you use them? Which ones do you prefer and why? Or do you resort to more traditional methods to find your next read?
Publisher accuses Amazon.com of deliberately delaying sending its books
Hachette complains of unaccountably slow despatch amid reports of the web giant using such techniques to win better trade terms
Independent booksellers bolstered in fight against Amazon
My Independent Bookshop is a new social network and online retail site, with some profits going to independent stores
Tom Weldon: ‘Some say publishing is in trouble. They are completely wrong’
Ahead of the London Book Fair, the UK head of Penguin Random House insists his industry has coped with the digital revolution better than any other
Publishing: we can’t see the right track for all the digital platforms
Robert McCrum: More young people are reading books now than they were 10 years ago. And despite all the talk about electronic devices, content remains king
Julian Assange book to recount clash with Google chief Eric Schmidt
When Google Met Wikileaks will recount emblematic 'tug-of war over the internet's future'
Forget suing filesharers: in 2014, anti-piracy efforts follow the money
Infringing Website List is latest attempt by creative industries to squeeze ad revenues of piracy sites. By Stuart Dredge
Capitalism is making way for the age of free
Jeremy Rifkin: The internet of things has facilitated an economic shift from markets to collaborative commons, with costs close to zero
The big steal: rise of the plagiarist in the digital age
Thanks to the internet, it has never been easier to steal other people's work. There's also a high risk you'll be found out. So why do it? Rhodri Marsden goes in search of a little originality
Where did the story of ebooks begin?
Peter James's Host, published on two disks, was an early example – but exactly where the medium started life is surprisingly tricky to identify
Wikipedia 1,000-volume print edition planned
Currently soliciting crowdfunding, scheme hopes to transpose website's 2.6bn words onto paper for touring exhibition
Self-publishing: is it killing the mainstream?
Damien Walter: In genre fiction, going it alone is beginning to look a much more dependable route to success
Amazon Publishing’s advances move ahead of the market
The web giant's books imprint flexes its muscles after scoring an ebook No 1, but the little guy may yet win the day
Richard Bach returns with ‘part four’ of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Multimillion-selling author also publishing new memoir of encounter with spirit guides after his 2012 plane crash