Digital books may not be for everyone. But for blind people, they’re a true revolution
Peter White: Historically, only a tiny proportion of published books have made it into braille. But now technology means no book is off limits
Save the Sci-Fi campaign bids to convert rare novels to ebooks
Damien Walter: A specialist New York bookshop aims to rescue out-of-print books and provide them for free online
The Numinous Place hits $75k target on Kickstarter as Russell Crowe chips in
Mark Staufer's ebook/app project will blend video, audio, images and text on iPhone, iPad, Android and other devices. By Stuart Dredge
Fifty Shades of Grey becomes bestselling book ever in Britain
Sales of 5.3m in print and ebook drive EL James's 'spankbuster' past the Highway Code and Dan Brown
Kindle ebook sales have overtaken Amazon print sales, says book seller
For every 100 hardback and paperback books it sells on its UK site, 114 ebooks are downloaded in 'reading renaissance'
Why social media isn’t the magic bullet for self-epublished authors
In the third in a series of essays on digital media and publishing, Ewan Morrison, who will appear at the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference, claims that as the project to monetise social media falters the self-epublishing industry's defects will be laid bare
Why writing an app is different to writing a children’s picture book
Moira Butterfield and Nosy Crow keen to see authors and publishers collaborating more on book-apps. By Stuart Dredge
Ebook bargains: is there a heavier price to pay?
By allowing digital titles to be sold for 20p, publishers are eroding the value of their product, says Anna Baddeley
Tarzan returns: from Edwardian swinger to hunky ecowarrior
Edgar Rice Burroughs's lord of the jungle has been through many incarnations in print and on screen in 100 years. What is the secret of his survival?
Book ‘pirate’ goes underground after being named by Terry Goodkind
Alison Flood: The actions of the fantasy author, who published the photo and details of The First Confessor pirate, have divided digital opinion
Kickstarter becomes fourth biggest publisher of graphic novels
Research shows crowdfunding site made $2.2m (£1.41m) over three months, behind Marvel, DC and Image
Big e-reader is watching you
Alison Flood: Your e-reader knows how long it took you to finish The Hunger Games and where you stopped reading Wolf Hall. Publishers are thrilled with the new data – but what does it mean for the rest of us?
Brian Cox iPad book-app sold 20k copies in its first three days
HarperCollins reveals stats and says £4.99 price point paid off for Wonders of the Universe app. By Stuart Dredge.
Bardowl iPhone app wants to be ‘Spotify for audiobooks’
British startup hoping to take on Audible with streaming subscription service. By Stuart Dredge
Publishers hit back vigorously against accusations of ebook price-fixing
Penguin and Macmillan reject US department of justice claim that they colluded with Apple to thwart price competition