Amazon is discounting us to death
Tim Waterstone: The online retailer is smart, single-minded and ruthless – and it is destroying Britain's book industry
Amazon a ‘dangerous’ force, says Ottakar’s founder
Amazon is damaging the high street book trade and threatens to undermine the nurturing of new talent, argues James Heneage
Another account of ‘The Natwest Three’ fraud case hits bookshops
David Bermingham's book – A Price To Pay: The Inside Story of the NatWest Three, comes two months after the publication of Gang of One by his former boss, Gary Mulgrew
At the London Book Fair, China’s money outweighs freedom
Bei Ling: The LBF's co-operation with the Chinese government means the many books and writers banned in China will not appear
Ebooks VAT should be slashed to zero in 2012 budget, say publishers
Publishers Association adds voice to 5,000-strong petition calling for VAT on ebooks to be abolished, to align with print books
Imran Khan pulls out of conference over Salman Rushdie booking
Pakistani cricket-star-turned-politician drops out of India lineup after learning of Satanic Verses novelist's participation
Sellafield: ‘It was all contaminated: milk, chickens, the golf course’
Six decades after Britain's worst nuclear accident, an oral history of Sellafield reveals what it felt like to live near the plant. John Vidal reports
Real-life Watership Down fights housing development
The Berkshire setting for the 1972 book about countryside under threat faces the same fate, with the author leading the fight
Greenwash and hamming it up – Mazda makes a mess of CX-5 advert
Ed Gillespie: Mazda adopts a Dr Seuss story, the Lorax, to sell its new compact SUV, but there's no disguising how ordinary the car is
Pearson reports 72% rise in profits
Ebook revenue growth helps push Pearson to pre-tax profit of £1bn for 2011. By Mark Sweney
Waterstones ends unpaid work placements after investigation
Waterstones stops using unpaid jobseekers, as government rebuts claim that scheme is contrary to Human Rights Act
Pearson reveals profit upgrade and predicts 10% boost in full-year earnings
Financial Times publisher says it earned £2bn in digital revenues last year and £600m from emerging markets. By Mark Sweney
Ebooks help Dixons to look on the bright side
Electricals firm confident it can repay £160m bond as IT support service demand improves profit margins
Bloomsbury publishing had a bumper Christmas
Sales of ebooks up 38% thanks to bestsellers such as Heston at Home. By Mark Sweney
McDonald’s to give away 9m Michael Morpurgo books with kids’ meals
Fast-food giant will give away Mudpuddle Farm books for younger readers with purchase of food