In Mexico, a country where only 3% of the population reads over six books per year, teenage book lovers are finding a community of fellow bookworms on YouTube. Rather than showing off their latest clothes and makeup, BookTubers reviews books and garner thousands of followers.

“If e-books are the new paperbacks, then why are they so expensive?” asks John Yunker of the ACP blog. With the rise of digital reading, the one deterrent has been the high prices of e-books – in some cases, they’re actually pricer than their physical counterparts.

With personalised subscription-based services like Netflix and Spotify changing the way people consume film and music, is e-reader iPhone app Oyster planning on doing the same for books?

As a publisher in the 21st century, how do you capture the attention of a generation of kids raised on tablets and computer games? Author James Frey thinks he has the answer –Endgame, a book that transcends its pages onto social networks and into the real world.

As old traditions are re-examined in the wake of digitisation, the mass uptake of mobile devices has led to an unlikely resurgence in serialised fiction. Enter Wattpad, the online community that encourages authors and readers to communicate as their stories unfold.

PewDiePie is the most subscribed channel on YouTube, and its creator makes more than £2 million a year on ad sales. He's one of YouTube's elite – a new generation of hyper-influential media moguls. But why are 30 million teens watching a stranger play video games?

One in three teens claim they could make money by creating YouTube videos. The success of social media stars like Bethany Mota shows that celebrity endorsements aren't influential as they used to be. Today's teens want inspiration from cool kids who could easily be their mates.

Minecraftmay be the most-sold video game on Earth, but it's very different from its fellow chart-toppers. It has basic graphics and no narrative – and yet it's captured the imaginations of over 100 million players. But how has this indie game become a global phenomenon?