Pioneering female DJs deserve recognition for their contribution to club culture
Letters: Laila Mckenzie on the continuing fight to honour the major part that women have played in the dance music industry
January 2021
'I was pretty crushed': Mitch Benn wrote two novels – then stopped. What happened?
The standup won a book deal after an idle tweet. Two books later, his love for publishing was over. He talks about why he’s persisting with the third book in his scifi trilogy
July 2020
Donald Trump Jr tries to tidy up his book Liberal Privilege's grammar
Books blog
An author bought his own book to get higher on bestseller lists. Is that fair?
Donald Trump Jr’s new anti-Biden book misplaces apostrophe in title
From neighbourly romances to Zoom sex: the boom in lockdown erotica
December 2019
'We were lawless!' Banksy's photographer reveals their scams and scrapes
Steve Lazarides was the art renegade’s strategist, photographer and minder. As his shots are published, he recalls the politics, parties and soaring price tags of ‘Matey Boy’
March 2019
Plagiarism, ‘book-stuffing’, clickfarms ... the rotten side of self-publishing
Scams are rife, particularly when some authors can rake in thousands each month – but high-profile victims of plagiarism warn ‘day of reckoning is coming’
January 2019
Amazon hits back at claims it is to blame for falling author earnings
Retailer insists Authors Guild report that criticised the online giant for contributing to tumbling writers’ incomes used flawed figures, but Guild stands by findings
September 2018
French bookshops revolt after prize selects novel self-published on Amazon
Booksellers say Renaudot prize nomination of Marco Koskas’ novel, which is only available online, is inviting their trade to ‘jump into the wolf’s mouth’
July 2018
The autocomplete questions
How do I get my book published? You asked Google – here’s the answer
Katy Guest
Every day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Freelance editor Katy Guest answers one of the commonest queries
November 2017
Amazon's Kindle turns 10: have ebooks clicked with you yet?
A decade after Jeff Bezos launched a revolution in reading – and a $1bn money-spinner – much has changed in the book trade. But how has it affected readers?
July 2017
Self-published archaeological thriller takes £20,000 Amazon award
The Relic Hunters by David Leadbeater is inaugural winner of online retailer’s DIY publishing prize
June 2017
Buying houses in cash and selling millions: meet self-publishing's 'hidden' authors
They sell millions of books, but you rarely see them in bookshops – three successful novelists on working under the radar of the book charts
May 2017
'Show me the money!': the self-published authors being snapped up by Hollywood
Milo Yiannopoulos to self-publish memoir and sue Simon & Schuster
September 2016
Google swallows 11,000 novels to improve AI's conversation
As writers learn that tech giant has processed their work without permission, the Authors Guild condemns ‘blatantly commercial use of expressive authorship’
July 2016
Picture books and porn: mini-boom in satirical titles inspired by Donald Trump
A wave of illustrated books, about what one of the authors described as ‘a golden, racist egg’ for lampooners, have been inspired by his campaign
June 2016
How to succeed as a self-published author – as it happened
From paying the bills, to £2,000 a day: making a killing from self-publishing
