Amazon's pressuring of publishers and movie studios over income distribution from online sales has so far avoided the glare of US antitrust authorities.

Nicky Hager says his new book Dirty Politics will show Prime Minister John Key has questions to answer: "You will not believe what you read and how bloody awful it is."

The worldwide domination of a building blocks game is a triumph for the power of human imagination. John Naughton looks at how Minecraft has bewitched 40 million of us.

The publishing industry is using online tools to tailor its publications to what readers want — which means what’s hot on the web is what comes off the printing press.

The US Supreme Court last month dismissed a plea from the Conan Doyle Estate.

For anyone keen to immerse themselves in the history of New Zealand sport since 1950, written by a primary observer, this is your tome.

This is a very strange book. It's about Neil Gaiman, so it can probably afford to be.

Gerard Woodward’s family gave him plenty of material to write about, but it took years to work out how, he tells Linda Herrick.

Sebastian Barry’s latest novel is a narrative of disintegration and self-destruction, written in the most lyrical of language.

Whitcoulls, the country's best-known bookstore, is reducing its offering of books as it searches for ways to make its stores thrive.

The $100 million movie of Cloud Atlas bombed, but that didn’t halt the rising star of its author, David Mitchell, regarded by many as the greatest of his generation. now he is tweeting his latest work, writes Hermione Hoby.

Diving into a book is treasured time all to yourself, but first you have to find that brilliant book.

The many facets of England meet in the pages of Graham Swift’s new book, writes Stephen Jewell.

From mooning a ratepayer to meeting his birth parents at middle age, former Waitakere mayor Bob Harvey has always lived a life less ordinary, as a new biography reveals.

Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton is among the finalists in the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards.

The Hunger Games, Divergent series and The Fault in Our Stars are bringing about a new trend in book sales, Whitcoulls says.

In his New book, The Kitchen Magpie, James Steen presents a veritable host of household hints. Here are some of our favourite.