Amazon is a lot cheaper – so what price loyalty to my local bookshop?
I want to support the lovely independent store in our town – but I can save so much money by buying online
FT owner Pearson reports revenue rise of 6%
FT Group profits rise on strong growth in the digital market. By John Plunkett
Harry Potter’s eighth and final film vanquishes world box office records
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II rakes in £300m globally on first weekend, eclipsing previous UK and US highs
Pottermore gives away JK Rowling’s marketing genius
Ostensibly 'giving something back', the new interactive site is also a perfectly positioned platform to sell millions of ebooks
Publishing’s supermarket sweep
Sam Jordison: HarperCollins's exclusive deal with Sainsbury's proves UK publishers are increasingly cynical and risk averse
Spider-Man producer Laura Ziskin dies
Industry stalwart behind Pretty Woman and As Good As It Gets dies of breast cancer at 61 after seven-year battle
In praise of … Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee
Editorial: Through lots of microstudies, they make a subtle case for one big argument: aid really can help poor people
George Best’s widow and his lover unite against ‘totally unfair’ memoir
Celia Walden's book would have made the Manchester United star 'absolutely livid', say women who knew him best
HMV sells Waterstone’s for £53m
Embattled retailer sells its 314-store book chain to fund controlled by Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut. By Mark Sweney
Sainsbury’s: your new local bookshop?
Sam Jordison: According to The Bookseller magazine, Sainsbury's is the UK's chain bookseller of the year, 'an alternative place to buy and browse'. Maybe - if you're only in the market for books about Michael MacIntyre and Madeleine McCann
Tim Waterstone poised to buy back book chain with Russian partner
Speculation billionaire Alexander Mamut has stepped in with a £43m bid to clinch control of the Waterstone's outlets
Alexander Mamut in £43m bid for Waterstone’s
Russian billionaire reported to have put in a cash bid for HMV's book chain. By John Plunkett
Alexander Mamut ‘close to’ buying Waterstone’s for £35m
Book chain's founder, Tim Waterstone, refuses to comment on rumours of joint bid with low-profile oligarch
Will books vanish along with bookshops?
Disturbing signs suggest that the book trade hasn't simply migrated online. Some of it has disappeared altogether