E Books

Seventeen years later, Mervyn Sloman reflects on The Book Lounge thriving in the digital age and building reading community through Open Book Festival

The majority of British parents who responded to a new survey voiced concerns over the negative impact of interactive e-books on their children.

Reading habits were back on the political agenda in France this week when Hollande’s government, vowing to protect the printed word.

Stephen King’s digital publication of "Riding the Bullet" in 2000 made him one of the pioneers of the e-book movement.

Apple and five publishers have been sued by the United States’s justice department for conspiring to fix the prices of e-books.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On July 19 a collective shudder of horror swept through the global book-printing industry.

Sony is trying a new tack in the e-books market: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore.