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Public Lending Right Figures .... June 2003 - June 2004

Figures released by Public Lending Right confirm that in 2003-2004, books by Jacqueline Wilson were borrowed over 2 million times from public libraries, thus ensuring her place as the nation's most borrowed author for the second year running. Her publishers are also celebrating the fact that Jacqueline has now sold 20 million copies of all her titles.

The PLR scheme has distributed over £89 million to authors since its inception. £6.55 million will be paid out in February 2005 for book loans over the period July 2003 - June 2004. The maximum amount paid to any author is £6000.


Public Libraries' Chart Toppers 2003- 2004
At Number One in the UK . . .

Overall top lending author	Jacqueline Wilson
Top lending children's author	Jacqueline Wilson
Overall top lending title	JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Top lending adult fiction title	John Grisham's The King of Torts
Top lending children's fiction title	JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Top lending classic author	JRR Tolkien (ahead of Georgette Heyer, Charles Dickens and AA Milne)

Over a million loans in 2003 - 2004
*2 children's writers are among the 6 authors who clocked up over 1 million loans in 2003 - 2004 :**

1. Jacqueline Wilson *	4. Mick Inkpen *
2. Danielle Steel	5. Catherine Cookson
3. Josephine Cox	6. James Patterson

Most Borrowed Children's Authors

1. J K Rowling	11. J K Rowling
2. Mick Inkpen	12. Terry Deary
3. Janet & Allan Ahlberg	13. Martin Waddell
4. Roald Dahl	14. Debi Gliori
5. Lucy Daniels	15. Lucy Cousins
6. R L Stine	16. Sally Grindley
7. Enid Blyton	17. David McKee
8. Nick Butterworth	18. Rose Impey
9. Eric Hill	19. Shirley Hughes
10. Dick King-Smith	20. Ian Whybrow

Most Borrowed Titles (Adult & Children Combined)

Author	Title
1. J K Rowling	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. John Grisham	The King of Torts
3. Maeve Binchy	Quentin's
4. Josephine Cox	Beachcomber
5. Josephine Cox	Jinnie
6. Josephine Cox	Bad Boy Jack
7. Wilbur Smith	Blue Horizon
8. Jacqueline Wilson (illus Nick Sharratt)	The Story of Tracey Beaker
9. John Grisham	The Summons
10. Michael Connelly	Lost Light
Of the most borrowed Children's Fiction Titles Jacqueline Wilson had 16 in the top 20 with JK Rowling taking the other 4 places.

Most Borrowed Children's Non-Fiction Titles
Terry Deary cleans up with the Children's Non-Fiction . . .

1. Eric Hall	Spot Can Count
2. Terry Deary, Neil Tonge (illus Martin Brown)	The Terrible Tudors
3. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	The Rotten Romans
4. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	The Woeful Second World War
5. Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite (illus Martin Brown)	The Awesome Egyptians
6. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	The Vile Victorians
7. Terry Deary (illus Philip Reeve)	Dark Knights and Dingy Castles
8. Mick Inkpen	Kipper's A-Z
9. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	The Smashing Saxons
10. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	Even More Terrible Tudors
11. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	The Grovy Greeks
12. Mick Inkpen	Kipper's A-Z
13. Terry Deary (illus Kate Sheppard)	The Blitzed Brits
14. Simon James	Ancient Rome
15. George Hart	Ancient Egypt
16. Lucy Cousins	Count with Maisy
17. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	The Frightful First World War
18. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	The Slimy Stuarts
19. Simon Adams (photos Andy Crawford)	World War II
20. Terry Deary (illus Martin Brown)	The Measly Middle Ages

PS. How much would the UK's top lending 'classic' writers have earned ?
Seven (four last year) of our classic authors would have earned the maximum payment of £6,000 if they were still alive:
J R R Tolkien	A A Milne
Georgette Heyer	Beatrix Potter
Charles Dickens	William Shakespeare
Jane Austen

for more information visit the PLR website
Information provided by Public Lending Right, 2005.

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