Are audio books eligible for PLR?
Under the Digital Economy Act, passed in April 2010, PLR is to be extended to include public library loans of audio books and certain categories of ebooks. To introduce these changes the PLR legislation will have to be amended. We will advise authors when we are able to accept applications to register audio and ebooks. In the meantime registration is restricted to books which are ‘printed and bound’. We will aim to keep registered authors informed of any developments through PLR News.
The 2010 Digital Economy Act opened the way for PLR to be extended to public library loans of audio books and certain categories of ebooks. To introduce these changes the PLR legislation will have to be amended. However, because of the need to reduce public expenditure the government decided in October 2010 to postpone any amendment to PLR legislation extending PLR to audio and ebooks. In the meantime registration is restricted to books which are ‘printed and bound’. We will aim to keep registered authors informed of any developments through PLR News.
