Philip Jones has been promoted to be editor of The Bookseller. Jones, deputy editor and also editor of Futurebook—The Bookseller Group’s digital blog—succeeds editor-in-chief Neill Denny.

Denny, who has been editor-in-chief since October 2004, is leaving to follow new opportunities but will remain an...

The issue of e-book lending by libraries is gradually building a head of steam as ownership of reading devices spreads. Put simply, libraries are risking a new form of irrelevance if they fail to offer an e-lending option to today’s digitally-savvy readers—and policy makers are starting to take note. A considerable number of...

For too long independent bookshops have been locked out of the growing e-book market, which has become to all intents and purposes a Kindle monopoly, but recent developments hold out the promise of a viable indie e-book offer.

Three outfits pitched their e-book platforms to an audience of booksellers at the BA a.g.m. last week. Anobii...

How can digital be made to work in bookshops?

That is the huge underlying question that is exercising the minds of all of those with a stake in bookselling, with new approaches underway that may provide at least part of the answer.

One of those retailers grappling with the question takes the slightly unlikely form of
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