Authors demand drive to raise readers’ awareness of book piracy’s cost 'People Who Love Books Don't Steal Books' floated as slogan for drive to protect writers' incomes
HarperCollins talks apps, e-book discovery and a ‘Spotify for books’ Stuart Dredge: Publisher keen to get app developers working closely with its authors
Ebooks: durability is a feature, not a bug Cory Doctorow: HarperCollins' attempt to ensure ebooks can only be circulated 26 times by libraries is indefensible
ebooks on borrowed time HarperCollins says US libraries can lend its ebooks only 26 times as print books have to be replaced after that
EU raids ebook publishers in price fixing investigation Brussels suspects a cartel where publishers see a defence against distributors with the clout to drive down prices below cost
Fury over ‘stupid’ restrictions to library ebook loans HarperCollins's plans to limit libraries to 26 loans of each ebook declared 'backward-looking and retrograde'
Kindle gives thriller writer a plot for success – at 71p a shot Stephen Leather has established a parallel ebook career that has rocketed him to the top of the Kindle bestseller lists
New sites for Kindle readers to ‘Lendle’ to each other New sites are springing up to help owners of Amazon's Kindle ereaders share their books
Lord of the Rings reworking a hit with fans, but not Tolkien estate An English translation of The Last Ring-Bearer has taken off among Middle-Earth lovers but incurred the disapproval of Tolkien's publisher
We still need books to make sense of Wikileaks Up to the minute it may be, but Julian Assange's new media sensation will need traditional print to come into clear focus
It’s time to stop this obsession with works of art based on real events Dramas based on real lives are a mainstay of film and books. But are they destroying the art of storytelling, asks William Skidelsky
Pete Postlethwaite autobiography due this summer Memoir entitled A Spectacle of Dust submitted before the actor's death earlier this month
Copyright comes a cropper in the digital age Authors' copyright terms are at risk from Kindle and campaigners for the public domain, writes Robert McCrum
20 things we learned in 2010 Observer writers and experts chart the concepts, trends and buzz words that defined the past 12 months and are likely to shape the next one
Publishers take note: the iPad is altering the very concept of a ‘book’ If the success of Amazon's Kindle has made print publishers relax, they're in for a nasty surprise, says John Naughton