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Authors to get library payments

Authors may now apply to receive payments when their books are borrowed from public libraries in Ireland.

The Public Lending Remuneration Scheme (PLR) was established at the end of 2008 with funding provided by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Writers and illustrators and translators who register their books with the Library Council may be eligible to receive a payment each time the book is borrowed from one of the country’s 358 public libraries.

There are 14 million visits to Irish public libraries each year, resulting in 12.5 million loans of books.

Conor Kostick of the Irish Writers’ Union welcomed PLR: “In addition to providing some money to authors, PLR will give writers information about where and by whom their books are being read.”

Many Irish authors receive PLR payments from the UK, where a scheme has been in operation since 1979.

The Irish Scheme is closely modelled on the UK scheme.

Books by Irish authors are very popular with Irish library users, with five of the top ten borrowed books in January 2009 coming from Marian Keyes, Maeve Binchy, Sheila O’Flanagan and Patricia Scanlan.

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