Readers will have access to a wider and more diverse range of frontlist and backlist content in multiple print and digital formats.

ENGADGET: Penguin and Random House merge, promise a brave new e-book future

The books online range from classics to manga comics plus out-of-print titles and textbooks.

ECONOMIST: Electronic books

And while readers may be happy to move online, the question is whether the money lost from traditional print sales and advertising can be balanced out by new revenue - at least to the extent that the same range and depth of written journalism survives, merely in a different electronic format.

BBC: Printing press