Hunger Games theme parks on the menu
Popularity of teen-action series starring Jennifer Lawrence sees elaborate plans for spin-off merchandising take shape
Amazon employee rebukes wife over Jeff Bezos biography
Shel Kaphan joins author Brad Stone in answering MacKenzie Bezos' one-star review of 'definitive biography' of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. By Samuel Gibbs
Jeff Bezos’ wife slams ‘misleading’ biography in Amazon review
'Everywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge, I find way too many inaccuracies,' writes MacKenzie Bezos. By Stuart Dredge
From Dickens to Thatcher: secret history of the £3m council house
Behind the sale of Britain's priciest local authority home lies a backstory involving a famous brewery and the Globe theatre
Jane Austen ‘airbrushed’ on new £10 note, claims biographer
Austen expert says the Bank of England should use the portrait by the author's sister rather than the newer 'saccharine' one
Prisonomics by Vicky Pryce – review
Pryce's call for better conditions for female offenders would have benefited from a touch of contrition, writes Jonathan Aitken
France shows its support for independent booksellers
Law stops online giants from offering discounts along with free post and packing
Depraved ebooks don’t belong on the digital high street
Ally Fogg: First thoughts: Censorship's not the answer, but that doesn't mean deeply disturbing written pornography should be on sale via major online booksellers
WH Smith shuts down its website over hardcore pornographic ebooks
Retailer apologises after being alerted to titles on its site, adding self-publishing had left sellers exposed to pornographic content
Tom Clancy: novelist as business franchise
Alan Yuhas: Ronald Reagan's favourite author was a prolific thriller writer. But his real legacy is as a prolifically profitable entrepreneur
French MPs pass bill to curb Amazon’s discounting on books
Deputies vote for move to protect small booksellers and defend France's culture against market forces and big internet firms
Nobel literature prize: odds slashed on Jon Fosse following surge in bets
'Bigger than average' punts on 100/1 Norwegian author forces bookies to suspend betting, writes Liz Bury
Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew up the British Economy by Iain Martin – review
The truth about the collapse of RBS makes shocking reading, writes John Kampfner
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir – review
A study showing how poverty impairs judgment has far-reaching implications, says Tim Adams
How the nations known as Pigs got an Economist-style makeover
Sean O'Hagan: Carlos Spottorno's satirical photobook uses humour and stunning images to confront economic mudslinging