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

What would Allen Lane make of Amazon?

The history of publishing is packed with pioneering entrepreneurs who would have revelled in the opportunities of the digital revolution, writes Robert McCrum