Amazon’s ebook milestone: digital sales outstrip hardbacks for first time in US Amazon US says it has sold 143 digital books for every 100 hardbacks in the last three months
Ebook deals ‘not remotely fair’ on authors Digital publishing deals locking writers in for the duration of copyright risk damaging industry, says Society of Authors chair
Google to launch ebook store Google Editions will allow customers to download and read books on any device with a browser
Bloomsbury hopes new book covers will recapture the Harry Potter magic The book publisher has reported a 35% fall in profits last year but plans to talk with Apple about an iPad ebooks application
Apple’s iPad may give media executives a chance to make money New tablet device goes on sale this week. By Richard Wray
Print is beauty bound – even in a digital age Jonathan Jones: The internet may be taking over from the printing press, just as Dürer's timeless engraving Melencolia I spelled the end for medieval scriptoria, but let us remember that print is beautiful
Undercover between covers: publishing’s secret agents David Barnett: The industry's dark secrets are being exposed by a new breed providing welcome intelligence on its inner workings
Thousands of authors opt out of Google book settlement Some 6,500 writers, from Thomas Pynchon to Jeffrey Archer, have opted out of Google's controversial plan to digitise millions of books
Ruling due on Google’s book plan Google insists that it will not back down on plan to digitise and sell books online
Authors join fight in Macmillan’s battle with Amazon Writers hit by Amazon's removal of their titles are cutting links to the online shop and calling on readers to boycott it
Old media wins battle in ebook war as Amazon raises prices to match Apple Macmillan capitalises on bitter rivalry by forcing through price increase for digital versions of its bestselling titles
Authors cry foul over Google ‘rights grab’ Proposed settlement could prove to be one of the most important agreements in digital publishing