Robyn Karney obituary
Writer on films and ‘editor extraordinaire’ who set up her own film and theatre services company
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
Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan’s memoir Brave ‘will pull no punches’
The actor has alleged that the film producer raped her in 1997, and her book promises to ‘shine a light on a business built on systemic misogyny’
Weinstein Books ‘terminated’ in wake of assault allegations
Film mogul’s associated publishing imprint is to close in the wake of scandal over multiple abuse allegations
From Evelyn Waugh to Elizabeth I: Vivien Leigh’s eclectic library up for auction
Personal inscriptions from Winston Churchill, Orson Welles and AA Milne in the actor and avid reader’s library are expected to sell for more than £500,000
Cool Britannia symbolised hope – but all it delivered was a culture of inequality
It’s 20 years since Tony Blair reshaped Britain’s economy around the arts, yet the project’s legacy is an exploitative sector dominated by people from an astonishingly small demographic pool
‘Show me the money!’: the self-published authors being snapped up by Hollywood
After the success of self-published authors like Andy Weir and EL James, Hollywood is scooping up the rights to books as fast as it can. But why – and is it always good for the author?
Justice served: comic creators announce Judge Dredd TV show
After two Hollywood failures, 2000AD’s British publisher Rebellion is planning ‘one of the most expensive TV shows the UK has ever seen’ with Mega-City One
JK Rowling’s ego akin to Kim Kardashian’s, says Joanna Trollope
City of Friends author claims Harry Potter creator’s ‘insatiable desire’ to air opinions on Twitter is threat to literary industry
‘Screen fatigue’ sees UK ebook sales plunge 17% as readers return to print
Consumer sales down to £204m last year and are at lowest level since 2011 – when Amazon Kindle sales first took off in UK
Seattle is the testing ground as Amazon eyes its next big idea
The retail giant is expanding into the physical world with a series of trials in Seattle. First came a book shop, but the real prize is in grocery
Alec Baldwin accuses HarperCollins of sloppy editing on his memoir
Claiming that his memoir, Nevertheless, contains “SEVERAL typos and errors”, the actor has decided to publish his own clarifications on Facebook
Picture this: Joe Wicks and his Instagram peers are strengthening publishing
The Body Coach is a million seller and other web stars’ books are selling very well. Publishers in profit is good news for readers – and some of these books are actually worth reading
Fantastic riches and where to find them: how to grow a $22bn franchise
Fantastic Beasts is not just a new outpost for the Harry Potter empire. It is a pivotal moment in the creation of The Wizarding World of JK Rowling – and it could give the gold-gobbling niffler a run for its money. We go over the books
You can’t judge a book by its cover – if you’re a robot
An algorithm has been built to predict a book’s genre by its cover. Sadly for online booksellers, it doesn’t do a very good job