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JK Rowling signs secret novel twice for charity

First edition copy of The Cuckoo's Calling, signed by JK Rowling and 'Robert Galbraith', will be auctioned online this weekend

Kindle rival the Nook stumbles, but what is the next chapter for e-readers?

Barnes & Noble boss William Lynch has resigned and Nook sales falter, but does Amazon's Kindle have a long-term future?

Apple played ‘central role’ in ebook price-fixing conspiracy, says federal judge

Tech company to face trial for damages over attempt to thwart Amazon's dominance after book publishers settle with US

Antitrusting Apple: the plot with publishers to hike ebook prices

Dan Gillmor: I was a rabid ebook buyer but their greed cost them my loyalty

Narrative stress: it’s not you, it’s me

Morven Crumlish: The second-person narrative has become the red trousers of the blogging world – initially endearing, it's now just irritating

Digital-only imprints in the ebook era: inclusive or exploitative?

Molly Flatt: New digital options from the big publishers offer opportunities and limitations. It's just a case of reading the small print

Stephen King’s Joyland pirated

Alison Flood: As ebooks of King's latest novel circulate online, German researchers pioneer controversial new DRM technology

Why Tao Lin’s Taipei can breathe new life into literature

Dan Holloway: Tao Lin's latest novel could bring energy and excitement of Alt Lit into the mainstream literary conversation

Philip Pullman: ‘Authors must be paid fairly for ebook library loans’

The writer of His Dark Materials leads a new campaign to address 'underpayment' of writers for digital loans

Audrey Niffenegger finally gives go-ahead to Time Traveler’s Wife ebook

Alison Flood: After years holding out, the author has consented to an electronic version of her bestselling novel for a new e-book website – and announced an exclusive 30-page sequel

Apple in US court over accusations of fixing prices of ebooks

Justice Department arguing tech firm conspired with publishers to set prices of ebooks – and break Amazon's grip on market

Apple in court over ebook price-fixing accusations

Company has refused to settle over claims that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of products in the US

Children’s publisher turns back on Amazon

Refusing further business, Barefoot Books says retail giant has undermined its commitment to 'grassroots values'

Coverflip: author Maureen Johnson turns tables on gendered book covers

Novelist challenges readers to flip genders of famous book covers and expose publishers' sexist attitudes to women's fiction

The digital truths traditional publishers don’t want to hear

The choices offered by digital publishing can only be good news for writers, says Barry Eisler. So why are traditional publishers so angry?

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  • Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters
  • Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds
  • Jamie Lee Curtis to lead Murder, She Wrote reboot movie
  • Pretty Lethal review – Amazon’s ballerina action thriller puts on a decent enough show
  • Valerie Perrine obituary
  • UK iPhone users face over-18 age check to use services after update
  • Hundreds of UK teenagers to trial six-week social media curbs for major study
  • What are the rules on cryptocurrency donations to UK political parties?
  • Former Google executive Matt Brittin selected to be next BBC director general
  • Matt Brittin: why the BBC’s new Doctor Who-loving boss may not have much time for sleep
  • Backlash mounts over twist in Robert Pattinson Zendaya romcom The Drama
  • Billy Idol Should Be Dead review – nostalgic docu-tribute to British postpunk’s rebel
  • Underland review – poetic exploration of life deep beneath the Earth’s surface
  • Redoubt review – Denis Lavant is unforgettable as an oddball building a public shelter for obscure disaster
  • Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings film after end of the Late Show
  • ‘Denial machine’: climate misinformation is fuelling conflict in Australian communities, inquiry finds
  • Influencers are promoting these three health tests – but they risk doing more harm than good
  • Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
  • OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora in abrupt announcement
  • Anthropic and Pentagon face off in court over ban on company’s AI model
  • Tom Georgeson obituary
  • Baltimore sues Elon Musk’s AI company over Grok’s fake nude images
  • Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice review – double the Vince Vaughn in middling time travel comedy
  • Live-action movie version of children’s TV series Mr Benn in the works
  • Protect men and boys from manosphere influencers, Labour MPs tell Ofcom
  • ‘Was that an earthquake?’ Italy’s great psychogeographer tackles the Vesuvius-haunted Naples tourists seldom see
  • MPs accuse social media firms of spreading Iran misinformation
  • Why is the US so expensive? Everything comes in a ‘premium’ version, from doctors’ appointments to movies
  • Argos faces backlash over ‘influencer kit’ for toddlers
  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 60: Elizabeth Taylor still crackles with feral energy

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