Letters: Information that we want to be free
As the editor of an online journal, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, now entering its fourth year with 1,100 registered readers, I was delighted to read such strong endorsement of open access publishing from the director of the Wellcome Trust, Mar...
Apple accused by US of colluding with publishers to fix price of ebooks
Lawsuit filed by US department of justice claims Apple ended price competition after seeing success of Amazon's $10 ebooksThe US government has accused Apple and five book publishers of colluding to fix the prices of ebooks.A lawsuit filed in New York ...
Tim Waterstone warns Amazon tax avoidance could kill off bookshops
Founder of UK books chain says Amazon tax planning fits pattern of 'rude, contemptuous, arrogant' online companyTim Waterstone, the founder of the eponymous bookstores, has warned that Amazon's "grotesquely unfair" avoidance of millions of pounds of UK...
Amazon a ‘dangerous’ force, says Ottakar’s founder
Amazon is damaging the high street book trade and threatens to undermine the nurturing of new talent, argues James HeneageThe founder of the Ottakar's book chain has described Amazon as a "dangerous" force that is damaging the high street book trade an...
Another account of ‘The Natwest Three’ fraud case hits bookshops
David Bermingham's book – A Price To Pay: The Inside Story of the NatWest Three, comes two months after the publication of Gang of One by his former boss, Gary MulgrewThis week a second member of the convicted trio of British bank fraudsters who styl...
At the London Book Fair, China’s money outweighs freedom | Bei Ling
The LBF's co-operation with the Chinese government means the many books and writers banned in China will not appearNext month, a number of Chinese publishing houses will visit the annual London Book Fair, trying to drum up interest for their latest pub...
Ebooks VAT should be cut to zero in budget, say publishers
Publishers Association adds voice to 5,000-strong petition calling for VAT on ebooks to be abolished, to align with print booksPublishers are calling on the government to "urgently" reduce the 20% value added tax rate currently applied to ebooks in the...
Imran Khan pulls out of conference over Rushdie booking
Pakistani cricket-star-turned-politician drops out of India lineup after learning of Satanic Verses novelist's participationImran Khan, the Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician, has pulled out of a conference in Delhi because of the expected attendanc...
Stephen Fry joins The Hobbit pub’s fight with Hollywood
The Hobbit star criticises attempt by production's lawyers to force Southampton pub to change its nameThe battle between Hollywood and The Hobbit gained an unexpected new recruit as the British performer Stephen Fry threw his weight behind a campaign t...
Health and social care bill: in need of radical surgery | Editorial
Nick Clegg's proposed amendments do not safeguard the NHS against privatisationThe last time a proposition was put to the country with such a slippery argument, the Liberal Democrats made a defiant stand, and said "not in our name". The health and soci...
Amazon is discounting us to death | Tim Waterstone