The way ahead for publishing

Stephen Page: The media and the market for books are in flux in the age of ebooks and Amazon, but publishers still have a vital role

Amanda Hocking, the writer who made millions by self-publishing online

A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking needed to raise a few hundred dollars so, in desperation, made her unpublished novel available on the Kindle. She has since sold over 1.5m books and, in the process, changed publishing forever

Moonbot Studios talks Numberlys, apps and interactive storytelling

Stuart Dredge: 'This feels like the invention of radio, television or the movie cinema...'

The great ebook price swindle

Dan Gillmor: Publishers are facing an uncertain time in the digital world – but increasing the prices of their ebooks is a retrograde step

Lucia Etxebarria: truly an extraordinary author

Kathryn Hughes: I understand Lucia Etxebarria's anger at illegal dowloading. But for most writers books are a labour of love, not money

Touch Press talks digital publishing, Kindle Fire and inspirational book-apps

'We have broken into the Garden of Eden, and it's upon us to take advantage of that opportunity,' says Max Whitby

Spanish novelist Lucía Etxebarria quits writing in piracy protest

Author says more copies of her book have been downloaded illegally than sold, and claims politicians too scared to act

21st-century publishing builds on a healthy radical tradition

Far from killing off the book, the digital age is proving a boon to innovative publishers and authors, many of whom are using new technology to breathe life back into old ideas, writes William Skidelsky

Apple’s struggle to defeat Amazon set to be exposed by European ebook inquiry

The deal that the iPad maker struck with publishers could be threatened by an inquiry into the prices people in the EU pay for their digital reading

Penguin joins push for short ebooks

Penguin is the latest publisher to embrace quick, digital-only reads, hoping they can reach a time and cash-starved market

Amazon.com extends publishing arm into children’s books

Bookseller steps up move into publishing with acquisition of 450 children's titles from Marshall Cavendish

ebook price fixing: Apple and five publishers face EU inquiry

Inquiry to find out if publishing houses and iPad makers have conspired to take on Amazon's dominance. By Juliette Garside

Are publishers putting the squeeze on bloggers?

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