The Guardian view on Amazon: not a normal monopoly
Editorial: Consumers love the convenience of Jeff Bezos’ firm. But the undue focus on this advantage has led to the neglect of the interests of workers, rival entrepreneurs and voters
PEN America launches Online Harassment Field Manual
The US civil liberties group created the new resource for writers and journalists after a survey revealed the extent to which trolls cause them to self-censor their work
Action Comics #1000: the 10 most important issues from 80 years of Superman
From Superman’s first flight to the issue where he lost his job (and that time he made Santa buff), a look back at eight decades of Action Comics
Arts industry report asks: where are all the working-class people?
Film, broadcasting, publishing and performing sectors nowhere near representative of UK
We’re all ears for audiobooks – and here are some of the best
Sales have doubled in the past five years, with commuters and men aged 25 to 44 accounting for the bulk of purchases. But many of us are unable to finish them – so here are a few you won’t give up on
Home entertainment spending overtakes print sales for first time
UK music, video and games sales higher than those of magazines, books and newspapers last year
The highest form of flattery? In praise of plagiarism
Echoes of Amélie in Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, traces of Nabokov in Kristen Roupenian’s Cat Person ... Where is the line between influence and plagiarism?
Ebooks are not ‘stupid’ – they’re a revolution
The head of publisher Hachette has claimed ebooks are a failure – but as an author and a reader, they’ve completely changed my life
Can chickpeas prolong orgasm? Yes – but only in LiarTown
It’s the satirical powerhouse for the fake news era. LiarTown’s creator Sean Tejaratchi tells us how he dreamt up cooking with tears, angry cow stamps – and that old Smiths classic Lovely Gary
‘Ebooks are stupid’, says head of one of world’s biggest publishers
The chief executive of Hachette Livre, Arnaud Nourry, says the industry has had ‘one or two successes among a hundred failures’ and that ebooks have ‘no creativity’
Licence renewed: Anthony Horowitz to write official James Bond prequel
Forever and a Day, the author’s second 007 novel, will make use of material left behind by Ian Fleming to imagine Bond’s first mission
Robyn Karney obituary
Writer on films and ‘editor extraordinaire’ who set up her own film and theatre services company
I run a small, independent magazine. I worry Facebook will kill us off
For independent and non-profit outlets, small shifts in algorithms – as Mark Zuckerberg just introduced – can pose an existential threat
Spotify sued for $1.6bn in unpaid royalties as it reportedly files for IPO
The music streaming service faces a claim on behalf of artists including Neil Young and Janis Joplin as it prepares a share sale
Paddington at St Paul’s, last in classic children’s series, due in 2018
Michael Bond’s final book about the accident-prone bear will be published next year on the anniversary of the author’s death