Writers in Brittany, Normandy and the Pays de la Loire, France

At WebVivant Press, e-books – on the Kindle and Apple iBooks platforms – are greatly outselling paperback books.

The arrival of e-books in the mainstream of publishing is about to be recognised by a Nielsen sales chart

Small presses and independent publishers should now be looking at an ‘e-book first’ strategy. It’s the only thing that makes commercial sense.

The Apple iPad has turned out to be pretty much what everyone expected. And, as foreseen, it has some serious implications for the publishing industry.

It’s not about the hardware: Apple’s announcement may herald a change in the way we create, buy and consume books and magazines

There’s plenty of evidence that e-books are taking off, yet there are still format issues to resolve and some publishers are still running scared