‘Surreal immediacy’: how a 1,000-page novel became a 45-hour audiobook
Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport has attracted much attention for its length, but one publisher believes the spoken word might be its perfect medium
Stephen King says Oscars are ‘rigged in favor of the white folks’
Novelist clarifies controversial comments about diversity, acknowledging that while in a perfect world ‘judgments of creative excellence should be blind’, we’re not there yet
Audible settles copyright lawsuit with publishers over audiobook captions
Seven publishers had sued the audiobook giant last July, claiming that its audio-to-text service Captions was unauthorised
Do you want to feel really good this Christmas? Boycott Amazon
The firm’s overworked warehouse staff have had to pee in old water bottles while their CEO is paid in a second what they earn in five weeks
‘Awful and fabulous’: the madness of Flowers in the Attic
Forty years ago, VC Andrews’ novel about incest, rape and murder-by-doughnut was declared ‘deranged swill’, but new books under her name still sell. Why?
Konnie Huq and 90 MPs call for end to ‘reading tax’ in UK
TV star joins delegation to the chancellor of the exchequer demanding an end to VAT on digital books, which traditional publications escape
After Caroline Calloway: should ghostwriters speak out against their subjects?
Natalie Beach’s tell-all about the controversial influencer wasn’t the first case of a ghost exposing their subject, following Julian Assange and Donald Trump
Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale sequel escapes from tight secrecy
Strict measures meant to keep all details of The Testaments confidential until publication have fallen through for some US readers
JT LeRoy review – a less surprising hoax the second time around
The fake author who fooled the publishing world is brought back to life
Australia’s creative industry is shockingly white. But don’t be discouraged
A new report into arts leadership is disturbing – but by its measures, Karl Stefanovic counts as a diverse hire. The real situation is even worse
JD Salinger estate finally agrees to ebook editions
Author’s son explains that wish for accessibility has persuaded trustees to look past his father’s dislike of digital media
School textbooks are on the way out – and pupils will lose so much with them
New generations will miss the memories bound up with the sight and smell of books, says Sam Leith, literary editor of the Spectator
Why Mrs Hinch and the ‘cleanfluencers’ are sweeping up the book charts
Mrs Hinch, a hairdresser who dispenses cleaning advice to 2.3m Instagram followers, has sold more than 160,000 copies of her first book in three days. What’s going on?
Plagiarism, ‘book-stuffing’, clickfarms … the rotten side of self-publishing
Scams are rife, particularly when some authors can rake in thousands each month – but high-profile victims of plagiarism warn ‘day of reckoning is coming’
The rise of robot authors: is the writing on the wall for human novelists?
The unveiling of artificial intelligence that can write fiction and journalism caused alarm. But how does its prose compare with George Orwell’s – and can it report on Brexit?