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Why the subscription dream of a ‘Netflix for books’ still has its limits

20 Oct 2014: Book streaming services such as Oyster and Kindle Unlimited are still struggling to get enough bestsellers on to our virtual shelves, writes James Bridle
Why William S Burroughs would have loved XSS

5 Oct 2014: The beat generation author was way ahead of the virus game as it’s revealed that cross-site scripting, or XSS, makes Kindles vulnerable to hackers, writes James Bridle
Amazon launches Kindle Unlimited - a Netflix-for-books - in the UK

24 Sep 2014: Harry Potter, Hunger Games, audiobooks and more bundled in to £7.99-a-month subscription, following US debut in July. By Stuart Dredge
Can you read a novel in three hours?

22 Sep 2014: Rob Boffard: Speed-reading a Man-Booker-shortlisted novel – with help from an app called Spritz – was a thrilling ride that left me in agony
Amazon reveals new Kindles and Fire tablet that will compete with iPad Air

18 Sep 2014:
Retailer also reveals a child-friendly version of its Fire HD tablet, which runs a simplified, icon-based mobile operating system
Waterproof e-reader launched for bathtime bookworms

27 Aug 2014: News: New device will allow readers to fully immerse themselves in their reading
Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds

19 Aug 2014:
Research suggests that recall of plot after using an e-reader is poorer than with traditional books
BitLit's pilot has got my name written all over it

3 Aug 2014:
'Bundling' ebooks with hardbacks is a fine idea, but the startup's scheme is open to abuse, writes Anna Baddeley
A single publisher going it alone won't counter the might of Amazon

27 Jul 2014: Competition between publishing houses here and in the US means they stand little chance of ending Amazon's dominance, writes James Bridle
Got a novella in the bottom drawer? It could be a Kindle single…

20 Jul 2014:
Anna Baddeley: The elasticity of digital publishing can give new life to the shorter form, as DJ Taylor discovered
Kindle Unlimited: it's the end of losing yourself in a good book

20 Jul 2014:
Amazon's leaked 'Netflix for books' plan will alarm publishers – and doom old-fashioned anonymous reading, writes John Naughton
Amazon leak reveals plan to launch Kindle book subscription service

17 Jul 2014: The ‘Netflix for books’ service will provide over 600,000 books and audio books for Kindle subscribers. By Samuel Gibbs
Can the Hawking Index tell us when people give up on books?

7 Jul 2014:
By counting which pages readers highlight on their Kindles, a new scale attempts to measure how far people persist with certain well-known books. Bad news for Capital – and Fifty Shades of Grey
Lucy Mangan: I've a shameful confession to make – I've joined the cult of the Kindle

28 Jun 2014: I bought my Kindle for work, honest, but there's been mission creep. I'm so not proud of myself
A better deal for authors from a digital publisher? Yes, actually

16 Jun 2014:
At digital publisher 0s & 1s, 80% of profit goes straight to the writer – much more than traditional print or Amazon, writes James Bridle