Apple conspired with major publishers to drive up the price of e-books in a scheme that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, a New York court has heard.

Armed with no more than a bagel and a cold nose, Eleanor Doughty reflects on the meaning of two years at university

Not for her, the endless late nights and equally endless hangovers, says Eleanor Doughty. No, what makes her really happy is an expensive vacuum cleaner...

Bestselling writer Dan Brown unleashed his latest page turner today as eager fans made Inferno an instant chart-topper.

You'll never get an e-book reader with the authentic smell of the library, says Eleanor Doughty

Ebooks are not killing the publishing industry as feared by analysts. Quite the opposite, in fact, according to the latest sales figures which show the publishing industry in Britain is booming.

The launch of a big-screen version of the Kindle Fire e-reader in the UK helped Amazon’s total revenues rise 22% to $16.1 billion (£10.5 billion) in the first three months of the year.

Online giant Amazon is harming the books industry and threatens to “destroy” competition, the head of Britain’s booksellers has warned.

Do you fancy another one? Go on, just a small one. You don’t have to get up in the morning, after all.

The New College of Elaborate Justifications Around Purchases is open

Champagne, archetypal symbol of the banker’s bonus culture and the pre-recession consumer boom, has been removed from the basket of goods which statisticians use to calculate inflation.

An e-reader for every nook and cranny

The Week in Books

Total number in Britain now over the 300,000 mark