Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age by Kurt W Beyer
By PD SmithGrace Hopper, who became a "coder" (or programmer) in the 1940s, was one of the great pioneers of the computer age. In 1934 she had been the first woman in Yale's 233-year history to graduate with a doctorate in maths. After Pearl Harbor, sh...
Waterstones deal with Amazon puts Kindle and ebooks instore
Waterstones will sell Kindle e-readers for the first time and offer free Wi-Fi, so customers can buy a book or download it instoreWaterstones has announced a surprise tie-up with Amazon that will enable shoppers to pluck ebooks as well as physical book...
Tom Phillips and A Humument: how a novel became an oracle
New print and digital editions of the painter Tom Phillips's extraordinary work mark the artist's 75th birthdayThursday marks the 75th birthday of the artist Tom Phillips and much celebration is in order. He is best known for his ongoing project A Humu...
Frankenstein by Dave Morris
Mary Shelley's novel has been recreated as an appFor years now technology has provided opportunities for writers and artists to explore new ways of telling stories. While the world of electronic literature – born-digital, multimodal stories that comb...
10 book-apps that might change Julia Donaldson’s mind about Gruffalo apps
Author isn't keen on the idea, but perhaps if she saw what some developers have been doing...The Gruffalo deserves its status as one of the most popular children's books in the world: beautiful illustrations, but beautiful words too.The rhythm and rhym...
Apple and publishers fail to halt ebook lawsuit
Lawsuit accuses Apple and publishers of colluding to break up Amazon.com's low-cost dominanceApple and five major book publishers have failed to persuade a US judge to throw out a lawsuit by consumers accusing them of conspiring to raise electronic boo...
Gabriel García Márquez falls victim to Twitter death hoax
A Twitter account claiming to belong to Italian author Umberto Eco reported the death of Márquez, who is said to be visiting family in AmericaRumours of the death of the great Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez have been, in the immortal word...
Pay us for library ebook loans, say authors
Many writers rely on income from library loans, says the Society of Authors, in calling for digital books to be included in PLR schemeAuthors are calling on the government to remunerate them when their ebooks are lent from libraries, calling it "patent...
Writers won’t lose out if libraries lend ebooks
The Society of Authors' suspicion of e-lending is misguidedShould public libraries lend ebooks? The Society of Authors has called on culture minister Ed Vaizey to address concerns that library e-lending is "undervaluing retail pricing" and encouraging ...
Waterstones boss poised to join e-reader battle