Publishers make bid to close filesharing sites
Publishing groups take action against two websites accused of sharing copyrighted ebooks, while police seize music sharing siteA coalition of US publishing groups has taken legal action in Ireland in a bid to close websites they accuse of copyright inf...
Steve Jobs biography tops bestsellers
Walter Isaacson's authorised biography of the Apple CEO ships more than 37,000 copies in first five days on sale in UKThere may not have been overnight queues of fans like those for the release of a new iPhone or iPad, but Steve Jobs produced another h...
Waterstone’s to launch e-reader to rival Amazon Kindle
Retailer confirms leap into consumer electronics will happen before spring 2012Britain's largest bookseller, Waterstone's, is to launch a digital e-reader to rival Amazon's Kindle within six months.The high street retailer will make the ambitious leap ...
Telegraph Media Group ordered to pay damages over Lynn Barber book review
Daily Telegraph publisher ordered to pay £65,000 to author Dr Sarah Thornton after losing libel and malicious falsehood caseTelegraph Media Group, the publisher of the Daily Telegraph, has been ordered to pay £65,000 in damages after losing a high co...
British Library creates a "national memory’ with digital newspaper archive
Public will eventually be able to browse more than 40m newspaper pages"It's an absolute fact. The history of the newspaper publishing industry is the history of failure," says Ed King, the charismatic head of the British Library's newspaper collection....
Amazon launches UK Kindle Store
Amazon launches online bookstore with more than 400,000 titles available for downloadAmazon today launched its UK Kindle Store, with more than 400,000 ebooks now available to download. The price and scope of the digitised books marks a significant poin...
The Technology newsbucket: Sony ebooks, HTC profits, the mobile app ecosystem and more
Plus development of "motoring masterclass" iPhone app costs only slightly less than brand new Audi TT Roadster, and you might be closer to Kevin Spacey online than you thinkEnjoy the latest smattering of links, as picked by the Technology teamDev aims ...
