French publishing giants cave in to Google’s great copyright heist
Robert McCrum: With Hachette opening up its archives to Google, calls for a public digitisation project are getting more urgent than ever
French deal may break deadlock between Google and publishers
Agreement for digitising out-of-print works could be template for relations between publishers and internet search giant
A renaissance rooted in technology: the literary magazine returns
Ben Johncock: Thanks to the internet, which has eased the burden of print and distribution costs, literary periodicals are flourishing anew
Fleming estate cuts out Penguin as James Bond goes digital
Robert McCrum: Penguin may be unimpressed but Bond's owners have made a shrewd move, licensing ebook rights to Ian Fleming Publications
Borrowing ebooks beyond a library’s walls
Simon Barron: Publishers and distributors of digital commodities must stop trying to apply outdated physical restrictions to them
Is the ebook the new hardback?
Publishers are speculating that they might amplify pre-paperback word of mouth by giving away digital editions
Stars fall in Amazon protest about ebook prices
Readers give authors including Stephen King one-star reviews in concerted campaign against price rises for Kindle digital editions
Google maps the way to a national digital library
Publishers are still struggling with the audacious Google Books initiative. But something constructive could come from this chaos, says Robert McCrum
Ebook restrictions leave libraries facing virtual lockout
Publishers threaten to prevent libraries from accessing ebooks over remote lending to readers outside UK
Listen (and read this blog) very carefully: the internet is not the enemy
Jonathan Jones: The internet is not killing me or my attention span. It's the message that matters, not the medium
Amazon goes into battle with publishers over ebook prices
The online bookseller is urging customers to 'vote with their purchases' and avoid electronic editions with a price fixed by publishers
The printed book is not dead yet
Joe Moran: I've got two things to say to all you smug ebook evangelists: analogue radio, and black-and-white television
Condé Nast creates magic with the iPad
Jonathan Jones: Reading Vanity Fair on the iPad I felt like a novice monk beholding an illuminated manuscript for the first time. I can't wait to see how Vogue turns out
Rambo writer David Morrell signs exclusive ebook deal with Amazon Kindle store
First Blood author David Morrell will publish his new novel, The Naked Edge, exclusively through Amazon.com's Kindle store, along with a further nine of his thrillers