Ebooks roundup: Frankenstein in Paris, a murderous weathergirl and lives of crime
A new app lets you interact with the story of Victor Frankenstein and his monster, Joyce Maynard's To Die For arrives as an ebook and Scottish crime writers reveal their secretsA new take on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Profile Books, £2.99) is the mo...
Ma Jian protest paints the London Book Fair red
Beijing Coma author daubs paint over himself before branding Chinese publishers 'mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party'In a dramatic act of protest at this week's London Book Fair, Chinese author Ma Jian smeared red paint across his face to demonst...
Ma Jian protest paints the London Book Fair red
Beijing Coma author daubs paint over himself before branding Chinese publishers 'mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party'In a dramatic act of protest at this week's London Book Fair, Chinese author Ma Jian smeared red paint across his face to demonst...
Ebooks roundup: Hitler, Hitchens and a hot erotic hit
The latest Vita Sackville-West revival is a surprising work of speculative fiction, three classic Hitchens polemics get new digital life, and EL James steams up e-reader screens with Fifty Shades of GreyI was intrigued this month by a strange and strik...
Ebooks roundup: Satire, serials and shorts
Publishers try on variations of the ebook format, from free samples to 'pamphlets' and mini-ebook instalmentsFebruary is a month with plenty of different types of ebook on offer, as publishers continue experimenting to find what strikes a chord with re...
National Library Day: a year on
Campaigners have saved some libraries from closure, and an inquiry begins next week – but councils are now under greater financial pressure than ever to cut servicesIn the 12 months since a surge of public protest against proposed library closures wa...
Happiness, hard times and hot love
Kicking off her monthly review of the most exciting new digital reads, Benedicte Page discovers a motley mixA flurry of straight-to-digital ventures such as Penguin Shorts and Bloomsbury Reader has signalled that mainstream publishers will be putting a...
A vital victory
High court ruling against plans to cut Somerset and Gloucestershire services is a major boost to the national libraries campaignLibrary campaigners across the country have experienced a major boost from yesterday's high court ruling that plans by Somer...
Frankfurt book fair: Not calm, but carrying on
Amid much speculation over 'repurposing' publishing for the digital era, the huge trade fair is as busy as everThe Frankfurt book fair, which wraps up this weekend, is a confusing place at the best of times. The vast halls thronged with agents and publ...
Kindle Fire given cautious welcome by publishers
While device can boost ebook sales, latest devices intensify concerns over Amazon's increasing dominance of marketplaceAmazon's launch of its new e-reader, the Kindle Fire, has been hailed as "game-changing" for the fast-growing e-book market.At a New ...
Library closure battles won, but war continues
Local victories for campaigners looking to save their services leave many others still fighting for their livesAfter all the grim news of the past year, there have been some real successes in recent days for campaigners trying to save their libraries. ...
Will books vanish along with bookshops?
Disturbing signs suggest that the book trade hasn't simply migrated online. Some of it has disappeared altogetherAs we wait for the troubles at HMV to play themselves out, and for a possible deal to be done over Waterstone's, there's an uncomfortable f...
