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CLC and Eden join in new Chester home Christian books wholesaler and retailer CLC International is to move its warehouse to larger premises in Chester and take on more staff, following a boost to business. Meanwhile online retailer Eden.co.uk will also join CLC on its new premises.

German indies launch online bookshop Already dubbed by the media as a serious contender for Amazon, the new German online bookshop Genialokal.de will finally be launched on March 12th, the first day of the Leipzig Book Fair. The e-commerce platform promotes localism under the banner “fantastically local” and is an initiative of eBuch, an ever increasing alliance of independently owned bookshops.

HarperCollins signs new Roth series HarperCollins has acquired two new titles by bestselling YA author Veronica Roth. Katherine Tegen, vice president and publisher of her eponymous imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books in the US, acquired the world English rights from Joanna Volpe of New Leaf Literary. In the UK, the books will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books UK. The first book is yet untitled and will be published in 2017. It tells the story of a boy who forms an unlikely alliance with an enemy, and how they help each other attain what they most desire. The sequel will follow in 2018.

Kein & Aber buys Amis novel Six months after Martin Amis‘ latest novel The Zone of Interest was turned down by the author’s usual German publisher Hanser, the book - set in a fictionalized Auschwitz - has finally found a new home. Zurich-based Kein & Aber will publish Interessengebiet in September.  “Martin Amis is one of the most distinguished contemporary English novelists” said publisher Peter Haag in a statement.

Transworld signs polemic by No More Page 3 founder Transworld is to publish a book by the “No More Page 3” campaign founder Lucy-Anne Holmes. Digital publishing manager Helen Gregory bought world rights to How to Start a Revolution from Rowan Lawton at Furniss Lawton. How to Start a Revolution, described as a “short polemic”, will be published as a 99p e-book on 19th March and in £2.99 paperback on 26th March. It is “Holmes’ manifesto for causing real and meaningful change in society”.

'Phenomenal' reaction to Sidey fundraising Two more books by the late Paul Sidey, former editorial director of Hutchinson, could be published if his first, The Book of Wag, “gets the right reaction”, his widow Marianne Velmans has told The Bookseller.

MCB and Made in Me sign publishing deal Macmillan Children’s Books and Made in Me are simultaneously publishing a series of books based on legends, in both paperback and digital formats. The Little Legend series consists of four books and is set in the fictional world of Tale Town, home of Little Red, Jack (of the beanstalk fame), Princess Rapunzel, and Anansi (the spider of west African legend). The first book, The Spell Thief, is about Anansi’s arrival in Tale Town. Jack sees Anansi talking to a troll in the woods and decides that the spider must be a troll spy.

Frog pays £2m for I Education Yorkshire-based technology company Frog Education has acquired I Education, the owner of assessment tool I am Learning (IAL), in a deal worth more than £2m. Frog Education will integrate IAL, which is used in more than 1,000 schools, into its own services.

HC signs three from Brooke HarperFiction has signed a further three novels from Amanda Brooke. Publisher Kimberley Young and editor Martha Ashby bought world English rights in a deal with Luigi Bonomi at LBA Books. The new deal with see Brooke published twice a year, with a new packaging direction, backed by a "grassroots PR campaign", including a nationwide tour.

New Joey Essex to H&S Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a second book by reality television star Joey Essex, titled The Book of You (and Me). Senior editor Briony Gowlett acquired world rights in The Book of You (and Me) from Amanda Preston at LBA in association with Dave Read at Neon Management. Gowlett said: “I’m excited to be working with Joey again on his next book, one that I know his fans will love.”

Somerset to slash mobile library service Somerset has approved plans to slash its mobile library service, cutting back on the number of stops in the rural county by more than half. Just over 250 of the 574 stops will remain, with a further 50 stops merged. The council said the changes would help contribute towards £472,000 of savings in the next financial year.

Faber to publish Éamon de Valera biography Faber has signed a "major" biography of Irish independence leader, Éamon de Valera. World rights to Éamon de Valera: A Will to Power by Ronan Fanning were signed from Jonathan Williams at the Jonathan Williams Literary Agency in Dublin. Fanning is professor emeritus of modern history at University College Dublin. A member of the Royal Irish Academy, his books include Fatal Path: British Government and Irish Revolution 1910-1922 (Faber), and he is a chief editor of the Dictionary of Irish Biography (CUP).

Patterson, Archer and 'Hawk' fly to top of charts A busy publication schedule drove change across all the major Bookseller charts last week, with titles from James Patterson, David Walliams, Jeffrey Archer and Helen MacDonald all chalking up number ones in their first week of sale.