The Public Lending Right (PLR) Commission distributes annual payments to Canadian authors for the presence of their books in Canadian public libraries.
The PLR Registration is open.
Registration period: 15 February to 1 May 2011
(postmark as proof)
Registrations by e-mail are not accepted. You must fill out
a registration form and mail it to the Public Lending Right Commission along with the required support material.
Registered Authors
The annual PLR packages were mailed out to registered authors on 16 February 2011. If you are already registered with the PLR Commission, you should receive your PLR package by the end of February. It contains a File Update form for you to use to add new titles or update your address.
The Title Earning Summary included in your PLR package lists all of the current titles you have registered with the PLR Commission. You do not need to re-register your titles.
First-time Registrants
If you are registering for the first time, click here to get a Registration form.
The PLR Commission communicates with authors once a year - every February. If you send the PLR a registration form in 2011,
the next time you will hear from us will be in February 2012.
Registrations received outside of the registration period will NOT be accepted and will be returned to the sender.
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Next Registration period: 15 February to 1 May 2011
Registration forms for new authors will be downloadable from this website during this period. If you are not already registered, and would like to receive an
e-mail notice in February 2011 when the registration forms are available on our website, click here.
Registrations received outside of the registration period will NOT be accepted and will be returned to the sender.
Results of the Public Lending Right library sampling will sent
by regular mail to registered authors in February 2011. The envelope also includes a File Update form that should be used to inform the Commission of new books.
News
News Release [pdf] - June 9, 2010
Authors Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska at the helm of the Public Lending Right Commission
News Release [pdf] - February 24, 2010
Over 17,000 Canadian authors share $9.9 million in public lending right payments
2009-2010 Author Payments - February 2010
Public Lending Right Commission
350 Albert Street
P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5V8
Telephone: 1-800-521-5721 or
613-566-4378
Fax: 613-566-4418
E-mail: plr@canadacouncil.ca