DC Entertainment digital graphic novels available exclusively on the newly-announced Kindle Fire

DC Entertainment, the first publisher to offer more than fifty comic book titles on the same day in digital and print, is now taking the world of digital books by storm. The comic book giant has worked with Amazon to bring 100 of its original graphic novels exclusively to Amazon's newly announced Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire given cautious welcome by publishers

Amazon's launch of its new e-reader, the Kindle Fire, has been hailed as "game-changing" for the fast-growing e-book market. At a New York press conference on Wednesday, the Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, revealed that the much anticipated device would be under half the price of its market-leading rival, Apple's iPad, at $199. Bezos also unveiled a touchscreen Kindle Touch device at $99, and a lighter version of the standard Kindle, with Wi-Fi access, with a price reduced to $79

Princeton bans academics from handing all copyright to journal publishers

Princeton University hopes its new Open Access policy will pressure academic publishers to stop requiring the copyright to the papers they publish

Book discount frenzy as Super Thursday arrives (UK)

Book-lovers face a record level of bargains this Christmas as hundreds of new titles from celebrity authors including Jamie Oliver and James Corden hit the market today at heavily reduced prices

One Culture: festival of literature and arts (UK)

"Join us to celebrate 350 years of the Royal Society's library at the One Culture festival. Over the first weekend in October 2011 some of the best novelists, scientists, poets and historians will explore the crosscurrents between science and culture"

Bad Writing (UK)

Bad Writing is a symposium considering genre writing, with speakers Paul Cornell and Dr Bernice M Murphy, at King's College London (all day, free, email the organisers to book a place). September 30, 2011

Christopher Priest is talking about his new novel The Islanders at Foyles - September 29

The multiple award-winning Christopher Priest has built a dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His latest work, The Islanders, is a multi-layered tale of murder, artistic rivalry and literary trickery where nothing is quite as it seems. Join Christopher this evening and discover for yourself why he remains one of the country's most acclaimed writers - Foyles, London, September 29

Man Booker Prize teams up with Apple's iBooks

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction has teamed up with Apple's iBookstore to offer samples of each of the prize's shortlisted titles in both book and audio format. Three of this year's shortlisted authors - Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt and A.D. Miller - will also be appearing at the Apple Store, Covent Garden on Thursday 13 October to read and discuss their books.

Interview with David Shanks, CEO of Penguin USA

In this exclusive interview for Digital Book World, Rich Fahle of Astral Road Media interviews David Shanks, CEO of the Penguin Group (USA), who discusses the difficulties of juggling both print and e-publishing, the place of Book Country in Penguin’s strategy, and the future of handselling and brick-and-mortar retailers

ALPSP International Conference 2011 - presentations

Presentations from ALPSP International Conference 2011 are now available