Ebooks roundup: Satire, serials and shorts
Publishers try on variations of the ebook format, from free samples to 'pamphlets' and mini-ebook instalments
Author raises $1m to self-publish Order of the Stick webcomic book
Rich Burlew becomes crowdfunding site Kickstarter's most successful creative project
Godfather sequel shown no respect by Paramount Pictures
Studio seeks to forbid book, authorised by Mario Puzo's estate, because it will 'tarnish' legacy of books whose copyright is held by film company
Miffy joins digital age with iPad app
Author Dick Bruna, 84, cautious about 'too much interactivity' with his multi-million selling children's books
Amazon Publishing bookshop boycott grows
Independent booksellers join Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and Canadian chain Indigo in refusing to stock retail giant's own books
Self-published ebook author becomes Amazon’s top seller
Kerry Wilkinson's Jessica Daniel detective novels sell more than 250,000 copies on Kindle
Paulo Coelho calls on readers to pirate books
Multimillion-selling author links with Pirate Bay, saying 'the more people "pirate" a book, the better'
Jonathan Franzen warns ebooks are corroding values
Freedom author tells festival audience that the 'impermanence' of ebooks is incompatible with enduring principles
The self-epublishing bubble
Ewan Morrison tracks the self-epublishing euphoria of the last five months and argues that we're heading for a painful comedown
The future of books, today
There is much talk of bright tomorrows for publishing at New York's Digital Book World expo, but how optimistic are readers?
Ebooks roundup: Happiness, hard times and hot love
Kicking off her monthly review of the most exciting new digital reads, Benedicte Page discovers a motley mix
Apple: iBooks 2 will ‘reinvent textbooks’
Although price is likely to be a barrier, the software will let students watch videos and take notes inside the virtual books
Ian Rankin wants tax incentives to help new authors
Inspector Rebus creator fears for new writing talent as publishers cut advances and internet transforms industry
Kindle the fire to self-publishing
With 1.3m e-readers bought this Christmas, the flame was lit for budding authors to go it alone. Rebecca Ratcliffe meets Kerry Wilkinson who sold his 100,000th copy
Ebooks and apps innovation exciting publishers despite price concerns
Stuart Dredge: Companies hope quality will be key weapon against wave of 99p competition on ebook and app stores