The phrase “talking book” has slowly fallen out of favour as a name for what we now call the audiobook. Its usage began to decline at around the time Stevie Wonder released his 1972 album of the same name. But the terms “talking book” and “audiobook” may require a rethink after the arrival of a book that...

Penguin Group c.e.o. David Shanks has testified in support of Apple on day two of the anti-trust case over e-book price fixing in New York yesterday (4th June).

Shanks said "irrational enthusiasm" about the potential for Apple's customers to buy books online led the company to meet Apple's contract demands in 2010,...

The US court case into agency pricing will begin later today (3rd June), with Apple defending itself against charges that it worked with publishers to fix the price of e-books.

Apple is accused by the US Department of Justice of colluding with major publishers to set prices to try and compete in the market dominated by Amazon.

The publishing industry in the UK (and elsewhere) is subject to significant structural change, brought about by the emergence of both online retail and, over more recent years, e-books. At the heart of this is Amazon, which began online book retailing in the UK in 1998, opened the Kindle UK store in 2010, and most recently created its own...