Nigella tops book list
Jamie Oliver seems to be losing the battle of the Christmas cookbooks. By Sam Jones
Amazon unveils mobile library the size of a book
Amazon has launched its first electronic book reader, hoping to drag one of the last bastions of the analogue world into the digital age. By Richard Wray
These tycoons are stranger than fiction
Will Hutton: A riveting book paints a portrait of the world's biggest deal-makers. It's not a pretty picture.
Penguin glued to BBC after Lonely Planet deal
The publisher of the Rough Guide travel books has said it will closely monitor how the BBC makes use of Lonely Planet after BBC Worldwide bought a 75% stake. By Katie Allen.
C4 chairman rescues Borders bookshops
· Luke Johnson pays initial £10m for 70 shops· Staff to get private-equity style bonus scheme
Channel 4 chairman buys Borders for up to £20m
4pm: Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson today emerged as the surprise buyer of Borders, Britain's third-largest books retailer, which is being acquired through his private equity firm, Risk Capital Partners. By Fiona Walsh.
Sprechen Sie Potter? How Harry is spreading the English language
· Overseas readers can't wait for a translation· Final book in boy wizard's saga smashes UK records
Why failure is the new face of success
It may have been the military that invaded but, with Iraq completely dismantled, the reconstruction was to be the preserve of US corporations ... Thus was born 'disaster capitalism', where oil companies profit from a broken country and private security firms grow rich on political chaos, says Naomi Klein in this final extract from her new book.
The shock doctrine
Naomi Klein's explosive new book exposes the lie that free markets thrive on freedom. In our first exclusive extract, the No Logo author reveals the business of exploiting disaster.
Bookmaker cursed by Harry Potter ending
10.15am: The ambiguous ending of the last Harry Potter book has forced bookie William Hill to pay out on thousands of bets on the fate of the boy wizard. By Julia Kollewe.
After Harry Potter and the prophets of doom
In a rare interview the head of Bloomsbury, Nigel Newton, explains his plans for the wizard's legacy.