Ebooks: should their form determine their value?

Despite what retailers think, the true value of a book lies not in its physical form but in the time spent writing it, writes James Bridle

London Book Fair: publishing world struggles to adapt to new lines

The partying goes on at Earl's Court, but new formats and self-publishing are changing the industry

Technology should help us share, not constrain us

Richard Stallman: The battle for the net: Companies like Amazon can control the way we use the ebooks we buy. Instead let's build a publishing model based on freedom

Can Booktrack make ebooks sensuous?

Andrew Motion: A soundtrack to digital texts claims to 'enhance the e-reading experience', but how will my latest novel, Silver, fare with sound effects?

Penguin, Macmillan and Nosy Crow talk digital books for children

How publishers can make reading experiences that parents feel 'more positive about than Angry Birds'. By Stuart Dredge

Social media self-promotion scheme draws authors including Margaret Atwood

Audible opens $20m fund that will reward authors using social media to help sales

Apple accused by US of colluding with publishers to fix price of ebooks

Lawsuit filed by US department of justice claims Apple ended price competition after seeing success of Amazon's $10 ebooks

China’s e-publishing revolution puts writers on a fast track to freedom

Nicky Harman: A new phenomenon in China – fiction published exclusively online – is giving young writers the opportunity to get their work read quickly and free from censorship

Tim Waterstone warns Amazon tax avoidance could kill off bookshops

Founder of UK books chain says Amazon tax planning fits pattern of 'rude, contemptuous, arrogant' online company

No “free” ride in the e-publishing handover

Writers need to get real as they square up to the e-revolution, writes Robert McCrum

Ebooks VAT should be slashed to zero in 2012 budget, say publishers

Publishers Association adds voice to 5,000-strong petition calling for VAT on ebooks to be abolished, to align with print books

Bologna children’s book fair digital award pits startups against Disney

Julia Eccleshare: In its 49th year the forever-young fair has launched a standalone digital prize – with companies such as the UK's Nosy Crow going up against the bigger boys

Lloyd Shepherd: My parley with ebook pirates

When the author of The English Monster found a request to pirate his novel circulating on discussion board Mobilism, he decided to respond himself – and was surprised by the results