Soon enough, we'll be seeing TD Waterhouse offering American Authors Mutual Funds

A London bookseller has issued the first iteration of a rare books market index. It's too late to get a first edition Gatsby for a song, so look to your future:

Which of the 20th-century classics will make the best investment for the next decade? Heddle recommends that investors look for books that may be about to hit cinema screens, or which are heading towards an important anniversary, and names JK Rowling’s works as modern classics.