Ronan Farrow condemns his publisher over Woody Allen memoir

Writer known for #MeToo investigations – whose sister says Allen abused her – says he can no longer work with Hachette

‘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’