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Amazon concedes defeat in ebook row with Macmillan

After a row in which Amazon withdrew Macmillan titles from sale in the US, the internet retailer admits it will now have to give in over the publisher's price demands for book downloads

Amazon admits it will have to give in to Macmillan over ebook pricing

In an abrupt turnaround, the bookselling giant has reversed the stance it had taken with Macmillan over ebook pricing

Palms, Kindles, Nooks, iPads – none are as cool as Gutenberg’s gadget

Simon Jenkins: For 20 years I have been trying e-books and e-newspapers – but print on paper has outlasted every obituarist

How to publish your own book online – and make money

Victor Keegan: There are now dozens of websites to help budding authors to publish their novels, poems and pictures and, perhaps, even make a profit from it

Apple iPad: the wait is over – but is it future of media or oversized phone?

Apple launches netbook aiming to rob Kindle of growing ebook market and be hottest gadget in technology history

Your guide to taking the tablets – and the e-readers and the slates

The tools to help you to make the most of the latest media slates and tablets. By Kevin Anderson

Ursula Le Guin leads revolt against Google digital book settlement

As opt-out deadline approaches, writer launches petition asking for US to be exempt from controversial agreement

Kindle users revolt against delays to ebook editions

Angry users of Amazon's e-reader have been dishing out one-star reviews of Game Change in revenge for the unavailability of an electronic edition

Is the Skiff Reader the answer for newspapers?

Web-linked touchscreen tablet that repurposes print content unveiled by Skiff. By Peter Kirwan

Mystery Amazon listing for Rough Guide to Sex attributed to ‘Doug E Style’

Author of official book taken aback by appearance of copycat title with 'naughty Viz ring'

CES 2010: The ebook revolution

The tech industry is trying to push traditional publishers to electronic books

Writers’ groups lobby US Congress against Google books deal

Letters appeal to published authors in Congress to save 'freedom to negotiate your own book contract'

Le Guin accuses Authors Guild of ‘deal with the devil’

Ursula K Le Guin has resigned from the writers' organisation in protest at settlement with Google over digitisation

Amazon keeps ebook rivals guessing on Kindle sales

Despite vague boasts of record sales, Kindle figures are thought to be lagging behind early years of Apple's iPod

Breakfast briefing: Amazon’s author deal, and Microsoft’s latest spots of bother

A best-selling author has sidestepped the publishing industry by signing a deal that gives Amazon exclusive rights to sell digital version of his books

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  • Albanese defends decision to sign off on $100,000 US trip for Anika Wells and staff
  • Trump hosts Kennedy Center honorees and teases hosting skills: ‘I’m sure they’ll give me great reviews’
  • A Melbourne bakery found TikTok fame, before trolls began harassing its young staff. How the owners responded went viral
  • Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
  • ‘Everyone will miss the socialising – but it’s also a relief’: five young teens on Australia’s social media ban
  • Broadcaster targeted with racist slurs accuses Farage of emboldening ‘toxic environment’ online
  • Warner Bros Disaster? Netflix inks deal for troubled Hollywood giant
  • The New Yorker at 100: Netflix documentary dives inside a groundbreaking magazine
  • Harbadus attacks Andvaria: cyber war game tests Nato defences against Russia
  • From Eternity to Jamiroquai: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Why is Timothée Chalamet suddenly everywhere? Seven things you need to know – from Oscars to puppies
  • Zootopia 2 bucks trend for Hollywood releases in China as it breaks records for foreign animation
  • Fackham Hall review – Downton Abbey spoof is fast, funny and throwaway
  • ‘This merger must be blocked’: Netflix-Warner Bros deal faces fierce backlash
  • Cloudflare apologises after latest outage takes down LinkedIn and Zoom
  • AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media
  • ‘Urgent clarity’ sought over racial bias in UK police facial recognition technology
  • Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges
  • New York Times sues AI startup for ‘illegal’ copying of millions of articles
  • The Guardian view on reboots of A Christmas Carol and Paddington: refugee tales for today
  • Scarlett Johansson joining the Batverse is good news for the franchise – but who will she play?
  • The end of big-screen cinema? What Netflix hopes to achieve by buying Warner Bros
  • Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
  • Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
  • I spent hours listening to Sabrina Carpenter this year. So why do I have a Spotify ‘listening age’ of 86?
  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – what does the new Tarantino cut offer?
  • ‘He’s the new Daniel Day-Lewis’: Margot Robbie defends Jacob Elordi’s Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights
  • ‘Not approved for human use’: the online frenzy for injectable peptides sweeping Australia
  • Russell Crowe’s 20 best roles – sorted!
  • ‘I’ve had all the luck you can get’: Michael Caine retires for the fourth time

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