US users of Sony's Reader range of ebook readers will soon be able to download the latest news from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post to their device, Sony has confirmed.

Wesley Owen, the UK largest chain of Christian bookshops, is to close, according to the Facebook page of Wesley Owen Edinburgh:

The administrator of bookshops chain Borders was today battling in the High Court after Hachette UK, the publisher of Stephen King and Stephenie Meyer, tried to stop the retailer selling its titles.

Some of the biggest names in publishing have had a lousy year, posting spectacular sales falls in the run-up to Christmas.

Administrators of Borders said that a buyer had not been found for the beleaguered book chain and that all 1,100 staff would lose their jobs on Christmas Eve.