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

An English translation of The Last Ring-Bearer has taken off among Middle-Earth lovers but incurred the disapproval of Tolkien's publisher

Up to the minute it may be, but Julian Assange's new media sensation will need traditional print to come into clear focus

Dramas based on real lives are a mainstay of film and books. But are they destroying the art of storytelling, asks William Skidelsky

Memoir entitled A Spectacle of Dust submitted before the actor's death earlier this month

Authors' copyright terms are at risk from Kindle and campaigners for the public domain, writes Robert McCrum

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

If the success of Amazon's Kindle has made print publishers relax, they're in for a nasty surprise, says John Naughton

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

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

Robert McCrum: With Hachette opening up its archives to Google, calls for a public digitisation project are getting more urgent than ever

Agreement for digitising out-of-print works could be template for relations between publishers and internet search giant

Ben Johncock: Thanks to the internet, which has eased the burden of print and distribution costs, literary periodicals are flourishing anew