Digital book news

Marvellous, this. A new study by the National Literacy Trust shows that boys - who, on average, lag behind girls in reading ability - deliver greater progress and interest in reading when using e-books.

They're all authored by women, and they're all excellent. These are the top 10 bestselling Kobo books of 2015 (all available in other formats). Kobo or no, take a look! 

A confusing picture of whether 'traditional' or ebooks are winning the 'format war' is further cluttered by a report about slowing Kindle sales.The report(paywall) by the Sunday Times, revisited by theMail Online, suggests that traditional books are now on the rise as ebook sales fall. The news is backed by word of an 8.9 percent increase in paperback sales, and a fall of 7.5 percent in ebooks (in the United States).