WH Smith has responded to criticism from the The British Guild of Travel Writers about its controversial decision to make Penguin its sole supplier of travel guides saying that its initial research had shown that giving a wider range of

Reed Elsevier is enjoying a healthy rally on an otherwise listless Friday, with traders piling in following the recent slide in its share price.

WH Smith chief executive Kate Swann has defended the chain's controversial deal to stock only Penguin's international guide books in its travel stores, saying it was in response to a "fairly steep decline" in the travel guides market.

Electronic books have been predicted to change the way we read forever, and hasten the death of the printing press. But the revolution is taking a long time in coming.

The Vodafone-Crossword Book Awards 2008 shortlist is star-studded - and finding place are "The Enchantress of Florence" by Salman Rushdie, "Sea of Poppies" by Amitav Ghosh, "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri, "Past Continuous" by Neel Mukherjee and "Escape" by Manjula