Short ebooks: don’t let one bad experience ruin a literary phenomenon
Penelope Lively's recent short ebook for Penguin drew criticism for its brevity – but readers should not be put off the genre as a whole, writes Anna Baddeley
Egmont’s Jelly Pie brings humour to kids with YouTube and mobile games
New community may come from a publisher, but it's starting with digital media rather than books. By Stuart Dredge
Ylvis’s YouTube hit The Fox becomes children’s book
Much-watched song by Norwegian musical comedy duo due out in US as illustrated story
Amazon employee rebukes wife over Jeff Bezos biography
Shel Kaphan joins author Brad Stone in answering MacKenzie Bezos' one-star review of 'definitive biography' of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. By Samuel Gibbs
MacKenzie Bezos trashes latest book on Amazon and Jeff Bezos. Irony abounds
Emma Brockes: The business of book reviewing has often been called incestuous, but the circularity here is almost aesthetic
John Pye on self-publishing: ‘I am in control’
The hit crime writer explains why he gave up on print publishers and professional editors and struck out on his own
Randi Zuckerberg warns of social media’s risks in two new books
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister suggests adults and children should limit time online
Jeff Bezos’ wife slams ‘misleading’ biography in Amazon review
'Everywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge, I find way too many inaccuracies,' writes MacKenzie Bezos. By Stuart Dredge
Ebooks and discounts drive 98 publishers out of business
Number of closures is 42% up on last year, as digital books and huge pressure on margins push companies over the brink
Amazon launches literary journal
Day One, to be published weekly for Kindle, will include a short story and a poem
Thousands volunteer for Leo Tolstoy digitisation
Russian project All of Tolstoy in One Click will make the author's complete works available on tablets and smartphones
Don’t worry, Your Majesty, we are reading more than ever before
Observer editorial: Despite the Queen's reported fears for the Kindle generation, digital platforms have made this a golden age for the written word
Writing on the Wall: Social Media – The First 2000 Years by Tom Standage – review
Why mass media were an aberration in human history. By David Shariatmadari
How Endeavour Press has profited from out-of-print books
With its emphasis on volume and hard-to-find titles, the small publisher actually makes money from ebooks, writes Anna Baddeley
Bridget Jones’s Diary fans aghast as Helen Fielding kills off Mr Darcy
Extracts from third volume of Bridget Jones's Diary, Mad About the Boy, reveal Bridget is now a widow