Beatrix Potter classics get revamped TV animation deal
Chorion the entertainment outfit behind Noddy and The Very Hungry Caterpillar plans to update storylines for the next generation of young viewers
Shoppers flock to online checkouts like never before
Internet retailers ready for a bumper Christmas with books and iPods among most popular buys
The Borders school of bookselling
Matt Haynes: Borders wasn't always the bad guy of bookshops; my quest for stockists for Smoke magazine sheds some light on its demise
Book trade: One chapter closes
Editorial: The story of Borders encapsulates the good and bad aspects of British publishing and bookselling since the Net Book Agreement ended in 1997
Borders future in chaos as administrators pull out
Accountants BDO Stoy Hayward cite 'a conflict' over taking control of the book chain
Borders suspends website orders increasing administration fears
The struggling bookshop has stopped taking new orders online, prompting further fears for its survival
Thorntons chocolates: After the meltdown
Peter Thornton was ousted from the family business – Thorntons chocolates – by his brothers and cousin. He talks about the bitter rivalries that ended his career
Ebook entrepreneur Neil Jones takes on the big guys
Fighting the likes of Sony and Amazon is a big ask, but ebook entrepreneur Neil Jones thinks the odds for the small guy are pretty good
How many shapes can a recession take?
After talk of saxophone and bath-shaped recoveries, Martin Sorrell backs the idea our economic future is LUV-shaped
US bookshops urge regulator to investigate online price war
Bookshops face becoming 'collateral damage' as Wal-Mart, Amazon and Target make loss leaders out of bestsellers, US booksellers claim
Chorion’s Waheed Alli lives a charmed life with Noddy and Miss Marple
Lord Alli has billion-dollar ambitions for Chorion – as soon as Olivia the pig has gone to market
To understand the crash, we need a Bonfire of the Vanities for our time
Ruth Sunderland: Economists have told us how the crunch happened, but the why may be better explained through books, theatre and art
Royal Mail loses Amazon contract as postal strikes loom
A backlog of undelivered mail has worried customers, particularly small businesses and internet retailers
Google Books deal postponed after avalanche of criticism
Google's controversial $125m agreement to digitise and sell access to millions of in-copyright books has been sent back to the drawing board after widespread criticism
Brussels tries to fight Google book plan by overhauling EU copyright law
Search engine's contentious plan to digitise world's libraries has sparked review of authors' rights