Public Lending Renumer-wha?
Where were you at 11.30am on March 3rd? If, like me, you missed the launch of The Public Lending Remuneration Scheme (PLR) then this might of interest to ye…
In the not so distant past the European Union decided that Irish libraries should be paying authors for the loan of their books. Public Lending Remuneration (PLR) is the mechanism set up to provide those payments… BUT they need writers to register in order to receive the payments.
So if you have written a book and it is stocked by libraries, and subsequently read by someone, then you are due some payment from the Library Council. There are 12.5 million loans of books each year - this ‘aint to be scoffed at.
At the launch today Éilís Ní Dhuibhne said
The part libraries play in disseminating books, often long after they have gone out of print, is crucial. My guess is that libraries will be even more used in the future. That authors will now benefit thanks to the implementation of PLR in Ireland is wonderful. I am immensely grateful to the Irish Writer’s Union and others who have campaigned long and hard for this day.
So log on to plr.ie and get yerself registered!
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