The Internet Problem: when an abundance of choice becomes an issue

Cory Doctorow: Self-publishing a book provides a wealth of opportunity, but decisions are harder when there are no constraints

Bookselling heads for a merry Christmas

Robert McCrum: For all the kvetching about the digital era, the books world's vital signs are looking very healthy

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Simon Barron: Publishers and distributors of digital commodities must stop trying to apply outdated physical restrictions to them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