Inside Burgundy iPad ebook brings vintage tastes to Apple’s iBookstore 'We will break even on this if we can sell about 2,000," says publisher Christopher Foulkes. By Stuart Dredge
Printed book sales’ decline slowed in 2012 Physical book sales fell £74m last year, but contraction of the market slowed despite the recession and rise of ebooks
Our e-publishing predictions for 2013 If you want to see the shape of books to come, cast your eyes stateside, says Anna Baddeley
Print book sales rise hailed as a sign of a fightback in a digital world Celebrity titles help sales of physical books break through £75m mark, the strongest weekly performance since Christmas 2009
European commission and Apple reach settlement over ebook price fixing Apple and four major publishers vow to restore fair competition to European ebook market, handing pricing power to retailers
Digital-only publishing: an everyday tale of print, pride and prejudice The refusal to take digital-only publishing seriously imposes limits on reader and author alike, writes James Bridle
Book publishers have long been playing into Amazon’s hands The proposed merger of Penguin and Random House might be too late for a publishing industry seemingly set on self-destruction, writes John Naughton
Bertelsmann’s pickup of Penguin shows the poor state of British publishing Ian Jack: With Penguin now largely German-owned, English-language publishing is now more than ever a European concern
Penguin merger minuses could be pluses for indies The book trade's response to the creation of Penguin Random House has been largely despairing – but there is new hope for independents
Pirated novelist gets on board with rogue translator Online references to his book lead Peter Mountford to baffled Russian reader – at work on illegal ebook version
Penguin merger with Random House speaks volumes about book industry Concerns over Amazon's power underlie plan to create £2.6bn super-publisher – yet industry is relatively healthy
Penguin and Random House may merge, but the power lies elsewhere Philip Jones: Talks over a Penguin-Random House consolidation are driven by the big tech giants – and more publishers are likely to follow
Random House-Penguin: publishers moot deal for digital clout If you need Amazon, Apple or Google to reach readers, size matters
Amazon to be stripped of tax advantage on sale of ebooks European commission tells Luxembourg to end VAT loophole, a decision that could close the gap with British ebook prices