Public Lending Right Commission

The PLR Registration is open.

Registration period: 15 February to 1 May 2012 (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.

Registrations received outside of the registration period will NOT be accepted and will be returned to the sender.

If you are sending us your registration by registered mail, please omit the PO Box and change the postal code as follows:

Public Lending Right Commission

350 Albert Street, 12th floor

Ottawa, ON     K1R 1A4

Registered Authors___________________________________
The annual PLR results were mailed out to registered authors on 15 February 2012. If you are already registered with the PLR Commission, you should receive your PLR package by the end of February. It contains the following:

• a Title Earning Summary listing your registered titles;
• a PLR cheque if your book was eligible and found in one or more of the public library catalogues selected;
• a personalized File Update form, which we ask you to use to submit new titles or to notify us of any change of address;
• a T4A tax slip if you received a payment of $500 or more in 2011.

An author may appeal a decision on eligibility by writing to the PLRC before May 1st, 2012. To do so, one must submit an example of the work and a letter explaining how it meets the program's eligibility criteria. The work will be returned after the appeal is reviewed.

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 have sent us a PLR registration form in 2012, the next time you will hear from us will be in February 2013.

If the deadline date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day. Your completed application and all support material must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.

Registrations received outside of the registration period will NOT be accepted and will be returned to the sender.

Next Registration period: 15 February to 1 May 2012

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 2012 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 be sent by regular mail to registered authors in mid-February 2012. The envelope will also include a File Update form that must be used to inform the Commission of new books.