Headlines from The Bookseller

BA says Amazon ‘gaming system’ as £63m business rates bill revealed The Bookseller's Assocation has warned Amazon is "gaming the system" and branded the business rates regime "unfair" yet again after it emerged the online retail giant paid £63m in business rates despite recording £8bn in UK sales.

Slim pickings: Wicks, Kerridge lead New Year, New You charge British book buyers awoke in January from their collective holiday hangover/food coma and embraced "New Year, New You" tightly, with 12 titles in last week's UK Official Top 50 in the healthy eating, fitness and personal development space, led by Joe Wicks' latest chart-topper.

Communications director Helen Richardson leaves Orion after almost 20 years Orion's group publicity and communications director, Helen Richardson, has left the Orion Publishing Group "to pursue new opportunities" after almost 20 years with the company.

Fire-hit indie press 'astonished' after support from online fundraiser Independent publisher Joe Pearson of Design for Today who lost £100,000 worth of stock in the Croydon warehouse fire has been “astonished” by an online funding campaign raising almost £25,000 from well-wishers.

DFB m.d. Mason joins Pushkin on 'new venture' David Fickling Books’ m.d. Simon Mason will join Pushkin Children’s Books leading a new venture next month.

Bower writes Corbyn exposé for William Collins An "exposé" of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn from investigative biographer Tom Bower, Dangerous Hero: Corbyn's Ruthless Plot for Power, will be published by William Collins next month, with the publisher promising an “explosive and important” book.

Helen Oxenbury pays tribute to 'gargantuan' John Burningham Illustrator Helen Oxenbury has paid tribute to her husband John Burningham, who died last week.

Wimpy Kid’s best friend takes centre stage in new Kinney novel Puffin, part of Penguin Random House Children’s, will this April publish Jeff Kinney’s first novel outside of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, about protagonist Greg Heffley’s best friend Rowley Jefferson.

Crowdfunder launches for London's first black feminist bookshop A digital consultant has launched a crowdfunder to create London’s first black feminist bookshop.

New lease of life for France Loisirs The Paris commercial court has approved the recovery plan for the France Loisirs book club and its four service subsidiaries.

Bolinda scoops Weldon's backlist and new book Bolinda Audio has secured audio rights for six of Fay Weldon's backlist books as well as English language rights to her next title.

Pop Up Projects launches BAME illustrator mentor programme London-based Pop Up Projects is launching a programme to help illustrators from diverse backgrounds start a career in children’s books.