Study shows Amazon reviewers more likely to look favourably on debut authors, while professionals prefer prizewinners
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Can a fictional character take you over?
A new US study suggests readers may change their behaviour to emulate a fictional character – so who’s gotten under your skin?
Tor rips up the rulebook on digital rights management
Authors, agents and retailers welcome science fiction publisher’s announcement that its entire ebook list is to become DRM-free
Karl May: The best German writer you’ve never heard of
A century after his death, the writer – who counted Einstein and Hitler amongst his fans – is being feted across Europe. So why isn’t he better known here?
Pottermore opens its doors for all, JK Rowling announces
Harry Potter welcomes all-comers to long-delayed interactive wizarding site with millions expected to fly in after official launch
Trayvon Martin death raises issue of racism in law enforcement, says Toni Morrison
Nobel prize-winning novelist says Republican presidential hopefuls used hateful language against Barack Obama
The Apple ebook price-fixing lawsuit has terrifying implications
If Apple loses the US case for alleged price-fixing, Amazon will be left in sole charge of the publishing industry
William Boyd accepts James Bond mission
Writer of Any Human Heart plans a return to ‘classic Bond’ as he is entrusted with new 007 novel
Salman Rushdie reveals details of fatwa memoir
Joseph Anton – the pseudonym adopted by the novelist while in hiding from death threats over The Satanic Verses – will be published in September
The top books picks for spring
The literary sensations to look out for, from the sequel to Wolf Hall, to an apocalyptic debut novel and a landmark study of the second world war
The pleasures of rereading
For every person devouring a new bestseller, someone else is skipping again through a well-loved novel. But why do certain books, and authors, keep luring us back?
A Street Cat named Bob
Eine ungewöhnliche Geschichte bewegt derzeit Großbritannien. Es ist die Geschichte von James Bowen und seinem Kater Bob. Bowen ist ein typischer Straßenmusiker, wie es sie zahlreich in London gibt. 2007 fand er im Hinterhof seiner Wohnung den roten Kater Bob. 14 Tage pflegte der Musiker den Kater, ohne zu wissen, ob die Hilfe erfolgreich sein …
Günter Grass’s Israel poem provokes outrage
Germany’s most celebrated writer’s lyrical warning of a looming Israeli aggression against Iran triggers international row
Amazon a ‘dangerous’ force, says Ottakar’s founder
Amazon is damaging the high street book trade and threatens to undermine the nurturing of new talent, argues James Heneage
Pottermore conjures Harry Potter ebooks
After a postponed launch last year, all of JK Rowling’s seven bestselling Harry Potter books are now available as ebooks on the Pottermore website
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