Alison Flood: There are worrying signs from some quarters that online reviewers are being held to much stricter terms than traditional journalists receiving review copies
Self-publishing websites, where readers pay small premiums for popular authors' latest instalments, has been a spectacular success in China. Could it work here?
Peter Preston: It's not a surprise that ebooks are booming, nor that mass-market paperbacks are suffering. What's fascinating is how well hardback books are still selling, years after their death knell seemed to have been sounded