Blackwell’s unveils Espresso Book Machine – any title printed while you wait
The Espressso could herald biggest change for literary world since the invention of printed press 500 years ago
Ebooks battle for next chapter
Publishers are now willing to embrace ebooks - but are they ready to head off the threat of a format war?
Waiting for the iPod moment
Interview: She founded Fourth Estate at the age of 30 and now HarperCollins's chief executive, Victoria Barnsley, wants to shape the future of her industry in a digital age. By Vicky Frost
The future of publishing: as frightening as any Stephen King story?
Concerns over piracy are the least of our worries over ebooks
A year in publishing and the end of a few eras
Rowling gives her last magical offering while Richard & Judy's Book Club will lose its impact following move from Channel 4
Here’s to the future of the book
Robert McCrum: The news media face a "perfect storm" of recession and IT revolution, but I predict books will survive the tough times
UK book trade split on Google’s publishing plans
Booksellers alarmed at digitisation deal; publishers and authors broadly welcoming
Rewriting the book on profitable publishing
Charles Arthur: An innovative business model plus cross-platform software means that home-made books need never go out of print
Google’s copyright war will have open access advocates up in arms
Seth Finkelstein on the copyright issues surrounding Google's digitising of books
File it in the bin
Most publishers no longer read unsolicited manuscripts - but that doesn't stop writers sending them in. Aida Edemariam, who has rejected more submissions than she cares to remember, investigates
Title inflation: for books, the more words the better in the era of Google
Ian Williams: Thanks to internet search engines, pithy book titles are being ruined by ever longer, keyword-heavy subtitles
A Second Life for literature
We're still waiting for the 21st century reading revolution, but in the meantime Second Life offers some interesting new diversions
Final chapter
Ian Williams: The digitisation of books is a boon for consumers - and potentially for authors - but it's killing the publishing industry as we know it
Harry Potter: the last battle
On one side: global-celebrity author JK Rowling. On the other: an amateur fan site devoted to Harry Potter. John Crace on the court case that has the publishing world holding its breath
Writers can learn a lot from the Hollywood strike. We deserve a better deal from digital publishing
Kate Pullinger:In the shift from print to digital, writers are in danger of losing out big time. Give us our digital dues!