Penguin to publish new titles as ebooks
Publishing house says its digital books will come out at the same time as the print edition and will cost the same
Bloomsbury confident of life after Harry Potter
Bloomsbury banks on new books in the year ahead to counter a post-Harry Potter era
Bloomsbury pins hopes on post-Potter titles
Publisher said this morning that pre-tax profits jumped to £17.86m in 2007 thanks to strong Harry Potter sales and said a strong pipeline of new titles would see it through the post-wizard era
Penguin audiobooks to be free of copyright protection
Publisher planning to offer audiobooks that are free of digital copyright protection technology
The true cost of war
In 2005, a Nobel prize-winning economist began the painstaking process of calculating the true cost of the Iraq war. In his new book, he reveals how short-sighted budget decisions, cover-ups and a war fought in bad faith will affect us all for decades to come. Aida Edemariam meets Joseph Stiglitz
GNM sells Money Observer
Guardian News and Media has sold investment magazine Money Observer to Moneywise Publishing. By Chris Tryhorn
Self-publish boom challenging old order
While sales within America's multibillion dollar book marketplace stagnate – Harry Potter excepted – the once somewhat disrespected world of self-publishing is blossoming
Flotation for porn publisher
Stockmarket to provide its first listing for a pornography publishing group, Interactive Publishing, founded by Express owner Richard Desmond. By Simon Bowers
Food suppliers poised to cash in on the new ‘Delia effect’
Food producers around the country are braced for a surge in demand for ingredients and utensils mentioned in Delia Smith's new book
Online shoppers prefer books
Booming demand in emerging markets from Vietnam to India has made books the most popular item to buy online, according to research out today
Battle ahead for ‘cigarette pack’ books
· Tobacco firm says design seriously damages brand · Abridged volumes marked start of smoking ban
Bloomsbury to beat expectations
Harry Potter publisher's shares jump after 'good finish to the year'
Something’s gone wrong, badly wrong
Financial journalist turned thriller-writer Martin Baker, who is married to City 'Superwoman' Nicola Horlick, is struck by the parallels between the fictional world of the novel and the nastiness in today's markets
Nigella tops book list
Jamie Oliver seems to be losing the battle of the Christmas cookbooks. By Sam Jones