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LATEST NEWS Indies condemn business rates system following Amazon disclosure Independent booksellers have expressed frustration that they are proportionately being taxed as much as six times what Amazon pays in business rates relative to its turnover.     Bonnier sells US children’s publisher Little Bee Books Swedish publishing conglomerate Bonnier has sold US children’s publisher Little Bee Books to its founding executive management. ACE takes on Libraries Taskforce Arts Council England (ACE) has taken on the work of the Libraries Taskforce until March 2020, as part of its remit as the development agency for libraries. The Pool freezes commissions amid journalists' pay row Lifestyle website The Pool has reportedly frozen commissions and regular columns while it struggles to pay a backlog owed to journalists. Wright leaves Hachette for HarperCollins Ben Wright will join HarperCollins in April as international sales director, leaving his post of group international sales director at Hachette. Creative Industries Federation calls for second Brexit referendum The Creative Industries Federation is calling for political parties to support a second referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, rather than crashing out without a deal.       KPMG receives ‘number of offers’ for HMV as future hangs in balance A “number of offers” have been made to buy HMV after the retailer went into administration for a second time, KPMG has confirmed.  Tig Wallace joins HCG as part of ‘major’ plans for growth Hachette Children’s Team has hired Tig Wallace, formerly commissioning editor at Penguin Random House Children’s, as senior commissioning editor in the fiction team. S&S hires Rachel Denwood as m.d. of children’s division Rachel Denwood, publisher at HarperCollins Children’s Books, is taking on the role of m.d. of Simon & Schuster’s children’s division. Bluemoose reveals plans to publish only female writers in 2020 Bluemoose Books has revealed it will only publish female writers in 2020, with co-owner Kevin Duffy lamenting how “women over a certain age are overlooked in the publishing world”. Transworld takes two more of Rhys' historical thrillers Transworld has acquired two more books by historical novelist Rachel Rhys, the pen name of Tammy Cohen. Granta downs tools for 'Inactivity Afternoon' Granta is “downing tools” for the afternoon on Monday for an “Inactivity Afternoon" to celebrate publication of Not Working: Why We Have to Stop by psychoanalyst Josh Cohen.