Rising literacy and a growing economy help, but the government must also chip in. India is one of the top six publishing countries in the world today. In terms of English-language books, it is the third largest after the US and the UK. And this publishing industry is all set to grow further....

RELATIVES of Stieg Larsson, the bestselling Swedish novelist whose posthumous international appeal has made him the toast of the publishing industry, are locked in a bitter dispute over an inheritance worth millions and a laptop computer....

On May 7, just 3 months after introducing the second-generation Kindle, Amazon officially announced its rumored third-generation ebook reader, the Kindle DX, expected for release this summer (http://amazon.com/kindledx). The announcement of the product, still in early beta, was made at Manhattan's Pace University by Amazon's Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. This "deluxe" Kindle version offers a much larger (9.7") viewing screen, added storage capacity, and E Ink's 16 shades of gray, allowing a readin...

At a time when most electronic devices are getting smaller, Amazon.com bucked the trend and introduced a large screen version of its best-selling e-book reader device last week....

Richard & Judy Show Oprah -like Book Club is a very big deal for the UK's publishing industry, will go off the air in July, due to poor ratings on the for-pay digital channel to which it moved last fall....

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One big thing and many little things in new media have conspired to bring traditional publishing to boiling point....

Only 16 of the top 100 Internet retailers -- including perennial leaders Netflix and Amazon.com -- improved their satisfaction scores, but the majority of e-commerce sites lost ground. Also, research firm Gartner offers cost-saving tips....

The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have filed joint comments with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for the judge to consider in his ruling on the proposed Google Book Search Settlement (http://wo.ala.org/gbs/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/googlebrieffinal.pdf). The associations asked the judge to exercise vigorous oversight of the interpretation and implementati...

An annual consumer survey measuring e-commerce satisfaction shows that Netflix and Amazon.com continue to score favorably with customers, but Apple slipped behind Dell and Hewlett Packard. Williams-Sonoma and Neiman Marcus fell several points....