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Originally Posted by HarryT
There is, however, compensation for authors when a book is borrowed from the library. The author receives approximately 6p per loan under the public lending right (PLR).
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However, not in all countries. There are only 28 countries that have PLR, 24 of those are in Europe. There is no PLR in Asia or Africa, and the only country in the entire western hemisphere with a PLR is Canada. So, basically, most of the world does not compensate via PLR.