Amazon kindles its own fire

At $199, the wireless media player/book reader/web browser/geegaw will be the cheapest of its kind when it is released.

Digital piracy casts shadow over ebook world

With electronic books growing in popularity, the publishing world focuses on fighting the threat of digital book pirates.

Creative destruction

There's something special about your favourite book shop. The smell of all those crisp pages, the comfy armchairs, those beautiful new covers.

Harry Potter and the digital era

Author unveils collaborative website that will have extensive background material, sell e-books and create an opportunity for fans to submit content.

PwC warns of end to paper and ink publications

PricewaterhouseCoopers on Thursday cautioned publishers and retailers to act quickly to secure positions in the ebook and e-reader market.

Sales of ebooks jump in January past hardcovers

The ebook boom has reached new heights, but not high enough to boost book sales in the United States overall.

Durability not a bug for ebooks

HarperCollins’s attempt to ensure ebooks in libraries can be loaned out only 26 times is indefensible.

Beyond the printed word

In a digital age, the wonderful world of books is accessible to many more people, writes Steve Vosloo.

As reborn Kindle proves, looks don't count for everything

The Kindle is not as attractive as the iPad, but Amazon's formerly derided e-reader is cheap and, most important, efficient.

Amazon’s ebooks milestone

For the first time sales of ebooks outstrip those of hardcovers.

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