The programme focuses on 19th Century books, many of which are unknown as few were reprinted after first editions. The library believes online access to the titles will help teachers. "If there are no ...

A rich digital archive of British life in the 1980s has been brought back to life by researchers from the UK and the US. They have developed a way to access the information gathered by the BBC's ...

British writer Stephen Fry puts it another way. ... Once a writer has got his or her book published, technology is now also being increasingly used to help authors connect with their readers.

The British Library released more than 1,000 rare books in the form of a single app for the iPad last week. The titles of the books are searchable, but the individual items are viewed as high ...

A "treasure trove" of more than 60,000 19th Century books is being made available by the British Library in a new iPad application, external. The paid-for app will be launched in full this summer ...