Neither appears likely to get rich on the public lending right income or to rival E L James in the demand stakes.

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It pledged to slash more than 190 non-elected public bodies, including the Public Lending Right - which collects payments for authors whose books are loaned by public libraries.

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The annual report by the Public Lending Right (PLR), who oversee payments to authors for the loan of their books, also revealed that library lending had dropped by around 4% in 2012, with 200 branches closing over the past year.

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Public Lending Right - funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) - was established in law in 1979.

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Bestseller The Story Of Tracy Beaker, is the single most borrowed book over the same period, according to figures released by Public Lending Right (PLR).

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