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Through our website we aim to provide published authors with an easy route to register for UK and Irish PLR which is a legal right to payment from government in both countries each time their books are borrowed from public libraries.

We also provide further details of the work we do and through our Media Centre give a unique insight into UK book borrowing tastes from the data collected from libraries across the country.

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30 June registration reminder

Online applications must be submitted by midnight on 30 June to be included in the year end calculations...(more)

PLR transfers to the British Library

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced today that the Public Lending Right body will cease to exist as a separate organisation and responsibility for managing the PLR Scheme is to be transferred to the British Library....(more)

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