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HarryT · 02-06-2009, 03:01 AM

Interesting results from the most recent report by the UK's "Public Lending Right" - that's the body in the UK which gathers statistics on books borrowed from public libraries, and pays authors according to the numbers of loans. An author gets paid about 6p (slightly under US 10c) every time a book is borrowed, up to a maximum of £6,600 a year (roughly US$10,000).

The author topping the list for the period June 2007 to June 2008 was US crime writer James Patterson, for the second year in a row. The most borrowed book was J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".

The "top 10" author list is:

1. James Patterson
2. Dame Jacqueline Wilson
3. Daisy Meadows
4. Nora Roberts
5. Francesca Simon
6. Mick Inkpen
7. Josephine Cox
8. Danielle Steel
9. Janet & Allan Ahlberg
10. Ian Whybrow

02-06-2009, 03:01 AM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Patterson tops UK library lending list Interesting results from the most recent report by the UK's "Public Lending Right" - that's the body in the UK which gathers statistics on books borrowed from public libraries, and pays authors according to the numbers of loans. An author gets paid about 6p (slightly under US 10c) every time a book is borrowed, up to a maximum of £6,600 a year (roughly US$10,000). The author topping the list for the period June 2007 to June 2008 was US crime writer James Patterson, for the second year in a row. The most borrowed book was J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". The "top 10" author list is: 1. James Patterson 2. Dame Jacqueline Wilson 3. Daisy Meadows 4. Nora Roberts 5. Francesca Simon 6. Mick Inkpen 7. Josephine Cox 8. Danielle Steel 9. Janet & Allan Ahlberg 10. Ian Whybrow