Publishers should be proud of their legacy

Stephen Page: The word 'legacy' is becoming a term of abuse in the publishing revolution, but a long history of bringing great writing to committed readers is nothing to be ashamed of

Text mining: what do publishers have against this hi-tech research tool?

Researchers push for end to publishers' default ban on computer scanning of tens of thousands of papers to find links between genes and diseases

Nick Harkaway: ‘The book industry has got to get online publishing right’

The sci-fi novelist tells William Skidelsky whu he has turned non-fiction author to investigate technology and the future of reading

Rivals launch a printing revolution that could be as significant as Gutenberg

Landa and Xeikon to unveil new inkjet and toner technology at drupa exhibition in Düsseldorf. By Mark Piesing

Huge rise in ebook sales offsets decline in printed titles

Alison Flood: Despite an increase in digital sales of 366% last year, printed books remain the choice for the majority of readers, figures show

The digital world has invigorated publishing, not doomed it

Authors need our resources, our expertise and our marketing experience now more than ever

Amazon aren’t destroying publishing, they’re reshaping it

Nick Harkaway: Google, Apple and Amazon are vying to become literature's new gatekeepers. But good publishing is about more than market share

Tor rips up the rulebook on digital rights management

Authors, agents and retailers welcome science fiction publisher's announcement that its entire ebook list is to become DRM-free

Why trailblazing Amazon should take on the publishing establishment

Scaremongers who warn of a potential Amazon monopoly conveniently forget that one already exists in shape of legacy publishers, says novelist Barry Eisler

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?