Tech has transformed how we study, socialise and partake in sport – and it’s also having a huge impact on storytelling. Yet predictions that e-readers and video would supersede the written word have proven simplistic. So how exactly are the ways we write, publish and read stories changing?

Studies have shown that, when parents and children read stories together, it can have a hugely positive effect on cognitive development, regardless of whether they choose a physical book or e-book. But a preference for paper can make all the difference to how intimate the experience feels.

The New York Public Library is the second largest library in the US, and fourth largest in the world, with over 50 million titles. But not all bookworms can make a trip to the Big Apple, so it's released an app called SimplyE to offer easier access to its burgeoning e-book collection.

Philip Pullman has sold millions of copies of fantasy trilogyHis Dark Materials. The author hasn’t put pen to paper about protagonist Lyra and her villainous mother since 2000, but Pullman's new story,The Collectors,is to be released in 2015, exclusively available on Audible.