Latest overnight news from The Bookseller

Pearson to cut 4,000 jobs Pearson is to axe 4,000 jobs by the middle of this year in a bid to cut further costs.

Colleagues pay tribute to Lord Weidenfeld Publishing colleagues have continued to pay tribute to George Weidenfeld's "passion for book ideas" and his supportiveness to colleagues young and old, in the wake of his death at the age of 96.

Donaldson and Oxenbury partner on picture book Picture book greats Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury are collaborating for the first time on a picture book that will be published by Penguin Random House Children’s next year.

PRH launches consumer website Penguin Random House UK has launched its consumer website Penguin.co.uk, and a new corporate site Penguinrandomhouse.co.uk, designed to showcase its eight publishing divisions and their imprints.

Blake Morrison to chair Goldsmiths Prize 2016 Writer and critic Blake Morrison is to chair this year’s Goldsmiths Prize – the £10,000 award created by Goldsmiths, University of London, in association with the New Statesman, to reward “boldly original fiction”.

Authors United event to discuss Amazon's 'misuse of power' Campaign group Authors United is set to hold an event to discuss Amazon’s “enormous market power” and the "misuse" of that power, in Washington DC next week. The event, to be held on Wednesday 27th January at the New American Foundation, is entitled Amazon's Book Monopoly: A Threat to Freedom of Expression? and aims to “shine a light on how Amazon's monopoly, and its heavy-handed behaviour, are already affecting the free flow of ideas in our society”.

Delight at U-turn on Welsh Book Council cuts Following protests from writers and publishers, plans to cut £374,000 from the Welsh Book Council's budget have been axed.

Royal Society seeks sponsor for Science Books Prize The Royal Society is looking for a sponsor to help expand its 2016 Science Books Prize.

BA calls on Hammond to intervene over Hong Kong bookseller Tim Godfray, chief executive of The Booksellers Association, has written to the foreign secretary, asking that the government "thoroughly investigates all the facts" relating to the disappearances of missing Hong Kong booksellers, who include British passport-holder Lee Bo.

Fnac staff divided over Sunday trading proposals The staff of France’s leading cultural products chain Fnac are divided over management proposals for new Sunday trading rules introduced last year by a law to spur the French economy.

Michael O'Mara to partner with RHS The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has licensed independent publisher Michael O’Mara Books to publish a range of four Royal Horticultural Society gifts and related products.

Reality star Rylan's autobiography to Century Penguin Random House has announced a world rights deal for the autobiography of TV presenter Rylan Clark.