The self-epublishing bubble
In August 2011, Ewan Morrison published an article entitled Are Books Dead and Can Authors Survive?. Here, he tracks the self-epublishing euphoria of the last five months and argues that we are at the start of an epublishing bubbleThe internet is full...
Paulo Coelho calls on readers to pirate books
Multimillion-selling author links with Pirate Bay, saying 'the more people "pirate" a book, the better'Bestselling Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho is joining in with a new promotion on the notorious file-sharing site the Pirate Bay, and calling on "pir...
Jonathan Franzen warns ebooks are corroding values
Freedom author tells festival audience that the 'impermanence' of ebooks is incompatible with enduring principlesJonathan Franzen has spoken of his fear that ebooks will have a detrimental effect on the world – and his belief that serious readers wil...
The future of books, today
There is much talk of bright tomorrows for publishing at New York's Digital Book World expo, but how optimistic are readers?While we've all been thinking about Andrew Miller and the Costa's new enthusiasm short stories and Rushdie's troubles in Jaipur,...
Kim Dotcom’s brash jetset image ‘hid sharp business mind’
File-sharing millionaire refused bail in New Zealand could motivate others into doing what he wanted, claim associatesHe lived a life dominated by fast cars, holidays on $10m super-yachts and an obsession with shoot 'em up computer games. But on Wednes...
Megaupload investigation: Kim Dotcom denied bail
File-sharing multimillionaire faces four more weeks in jail in New Zealand after judge warns he could try to flee to GermanyThe file-sharing multimillionaire, Kim Dotcom, is facing a further four weeks in custody after a judge in in New Zealand denied ...
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...
Apps Rush: iTunes U, Elmore Leonard, Playful Minds, Pet Town and more
What's new on the app stores on Friday 20 January 2012iTunes UiBooks 2 and the iBooks Author tool may have hogged the headlines from Apple's education launch, but its iTunes U service also has a brand new iOS app. It provides access to a host of free e...
Apple: iBooks 2 will ‘reinvent textbooks’
Although price is likely to be a barrier, the software will let students watch videos and take notes inside the virtual booksApple has unveiled a glimpse of the classroom of the future, launching a new version of its iBooks software that will allow pub...
Ebooks help Dixons to look on the bright side
Electricals firm confident it can repay £160m bond as IT support service demand improves profit marginsThe electricals company Dixons has reported better than expected Christmas trading and said it was now confident it could repay a make-or-break £16...
Appillionaires author Chris Stevens on apps success and Apple’s e-book plans
'There's a huge mythology already surrounding the App Store, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it...'App success and failure? Chris Stevens has been there, and he's literally written the book. It's called Appillionaires: Secrets from Developers Who ...
Ebook sales are being driven by downmarket genre fiction