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

Salman Rushdie attacks planned Justice Dept lawsuit against publishers

Author tweets 'the US Justice Dept wants to destroy the world of books' after price-fixing accusation is reported to be imminent

The ebook that forces the reader to pay attention

Visual Editions' iPad version of Marc Saporta's Composition No 1 offers an intriguing challenge, writes James Bridle

Anthony Horowitz is absolutely right about publishers – apart from mine

John Mitchinson: Don't deride crowd-funded publishing. We engage our readers and uphold quality

Ebooks: why it pays to self-publish

Their books may not be of the highest quality, but self-published authors such as Rachel Abbott are the trade's hottest property, writes Anna Baddeley