The worldwide boom in Scandinavian crime fiction could be coming to an end as Sweden turns towards more quirky books. READ MORE >>

Amazon's press releases reached a new high of inscrutability this week with an announcement (of sorts) that it hit record sales for its Kindle devices over the Thanksgiving weekend but it was the iPad that took the tablet holiday honours. READ MORE >>

Kamy Wicoff finished her first novel recently and her agent started shopping it around publishers. One of the Big Five firms made a good offer for it but Wicoff turned down the deal and opted to self-publish. Why would she do that? READ MORE >>

At first it looked like a promotional prank for Cyber Monday when well known japester Jeff Bezos appeared on the CBS TV show 60 Minutes to reveal that Amazon is planning to start deliveries by drone. READ MORE >>

Ebook promotion website BookBub is booming and is set to double its number of subscribers in well under a year from one million to two million. READ MORE >>

A major US public library is crowdsourcing its book buying by asking borrowers to order what they want. READ MORE >>

This is the third and final part of my article on How to Build a Website with a Quality Free WordPress Theme. Here, I am going to sort out the sidebar and footer areas with some interesting widgets and add some content and styling. READ MORE >>

This is the second part of my article on How to build a website with a quality free WordPress theme. In the first article, I showed how to set up the basics and here I'll start to customise features and add some content. READ MORE >>

Bookshops are going to the wall and print is supposed to be on the decline yet one of the most impressive bookstores in the world is taking shape in London. READ MORE >>

Createspace is making Expanded Distribution free after previously charging $25 per title. READ MORE >>