Public Lending Right Committee, Annual report 2011-12

Annual report 2011–12

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© Commonwealth of Australia 2012

ISSN 1034-330X

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Letter to the Minister from the Chair

The Hon Simon Crean MP
Minister for the Arts
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Dear Minister

I am pleased to submit this report in accordance with Section 19 of the Public Lending Right Act 1985.

The report covers the 2011–12 financial year and is the twenty-fifth annual report of the Public Lending Right Committee, since the Act came into effect.

Since the scheme commenced in 1974, Public Lending Right (PLR) has provided a significant contribution to the encouragement of Australian writing and publishing. The payments to eligible Australian creators and publishers provide them with a measure of recompense for their books being available in public lending libraries.

The Educational Lending Right (ELR) program, established in 2000–01, provides recompense for works available in educational libraries and is now funded on an ongoing basis. The schemes continue to support the literary sector's diversity, indicating the importance with which the Australian Government and society in general view creators and publishers and their contributions to the enrichment of Australian culture. Australia remains one of the few countries which recognise lending from both public and educational libraries.

The Lending Rights Online database facilitates creators and publishers to manage their contact and banking details, submit title claims and view their payment history online, 24 hours a day. Since the introduction of this service an increasing number of creators and publishers have engaged with it and the convenience it offers to them.

PLR payments totalling $9.227 million were made to 9030 eligible creators and publishers in the 2011–12 financial year. These payments were made in June 2012. In addition, $11.018 million was approved under the ELR scheme to 11 163 eligible creators and publishers.

PLR and ELR continue to provide significant support and benefits to publishers, authors, illustrators and other creators. In this report respected librarian Mr Paul Whitney, has generously contributed an article entitled E-books in the 21st Century: a Canadian Perspective.

On behalf of the committee I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution made by the Office for the Arts, the libraries that assist in the annual surveys, the committee members and the many others involved in the operation of the PLR and ELR schemes.

Yours sincerely

 

Evelyn Woodberry
Chair
Public Lending Right Committee

27 September 2012

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Public Lending Right scheme

Public Lending Right (PLR) is a scheme established by the Australian Government to make payments to eligible creators and publishers on the basis that income is lost from the availability of their books in public lending libraries.

The scheme also aims to enrich Australian culture by encouraging the growth and development of Australian writing and publishing.

The Public Lending Right Act 1985 (the Act) provides that the Minister may 'approve or modify a scheme for and in relation to the making of payments to persons in respect of books.' For the purposes of the Act, a PLR Committee is appointed by the Minister to administer the PLR scheme.

The current Public Lending Right scheme was gazetted on 12 June 1997. It was modified on 13 April 2012 (Modification No. 1 of 2012) to reflect payment rates approved by the Minister for the Arts, the Hon Simon Crean MP, for eligible claimants in 2011–12.

Public Lending Right Committee membership

Chair

image of Evelyn WoodberryMs Evelyn Woodberry (NSW)

Appointed 19 March 2007 for a three-year term. Reappointed 4 March 2010 for a three-year term.

 

Representatives of Australian Authors

image of Matthew ReillyMr Matthew Reilly (NSW)

Appointed 12 April 2008 for a three-year term. Reappointed 2 May 2011 for a three-year term. Resigned effective 23 May 2012.

 

image of Alice PungMs Alice Pung (VIC)

Appointed 27 February 2009 for a three-year term. Reappointed 16 February 2012 for a three-year term. Resigned effective 23 May 2012.

 

Representative of Australian Publishers

image of Michael HeywardMr Michael Heyward (VIC)

Appointed 2 May 2011 for a three-year term.

 

Representative of Australian Libraries

image of Christine MackenzieMs Christine Mackenzie (VIC)

Appointed 7 December 2008 for a three-year term. Reappointed 16 February 2012 for a three-year term.

 

National Library of Australia Representative

image of Christine FosterMs Christine Foster (ACT)

Appointed 30 August 2004 for an indefinite period.

 

 

Attorney-General's Representative

image of Peter TreydeMr Peter Treyde (ACT)

Appointed 7 December 2008 for an indefinite period.

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Administration of the scheme

While the PLR Committee administers the scheme, its day-to-day operation is undertaken by staff in the Creative Industries and Sector Development Branch in the Office for the Arts, of the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport (the department), under delegation from the committee.

The Committee wishes to record its appreciation for the support provided by the department.

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How the scheme operates

Australian creators and publishers are invited to submit claims for their books to the department. PLR payments to eligible creators and publishers are determined by the number of copies of their books estimated to be held in public lending libraries in Australia.

This information is extrapolated from an annual survey of the books held in a sample of public lending libraries selected by a statistical consultant. If the survey results indicate that 50 or more copies of an eligible book are held in public libraries across Australia, a payment may be made.

Books are surveyed annually for two consecutive financial years following the year of publication. If, in the second year, a book is still held in sufficient numbers in public lending libraries, it will be resurveyed every three years. Books scoring less than 50 copies in the second or subsequent surveys are dropped from the survey cycle.

The following eligibility criteria apply to the PLR and ELR programs:

  • Eligible creators must be citizens or permanent residents of Australia.
  • Eligible creators (maximum of five per book) may include authors, editors, illustrators, translators or compilers.
  • Eligible publishers may include publishers whose business consists wholly or substantially of the publication of books and who regularly* publish in Australia, self-publishing creators and non-profit organisations that publish to further their aims and objectives (*at least one new book or revised edition in the preceding three-year period).

More information about how the scheme operates can be obtained from the department's Lending Rights team or from the Lending Rights website: www.arts.gov.au/literature/lending_rights.

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New claimants

During 2011–12, 669 new claimants registered for the program.

Table 1 illustrates the number of new claimants registered by program year since 1985, when PLR was first automated.

Table 1.
Number of new claimants registered by program year

Year Number of new claimants
84–85 5437
85–86 417
86–87 426
87–88 501
88–89 783
89–90 826
90–91 689
91–92 867
92–93 1081
93–94 1054
94–95 927
95–96 1367
96–97 996
97–98 1035
98–99 1004
99–00 876
00–01 850
01–02 736
02–03 811
03–04 790
04–05 738
05–06 695
06–07 626
07–08 814
08–09 758
09–10 756
10–11 723
11–12 669

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New claims registered

The number of new claims registered for the 2011–12 program was 9236.

Table 2 illustrates the number of new claims registered by program year since 1985, when PLR was first automated.

Table 2.
Number of new claims registered by program year

Year Creators Publishers Total
84–85 16,472 14,408 30,880
85–86 1210 1161 2371
86–87 1391 1134 2525
87–88 1478 1251 2729
88–89 2153 1508 3661
89–90 2330 1351 3681
90–91 2027 1579 3606
91–92 3061 1853 4914
92–93 2294 1715 4009
93–94 2892 1847 4739
94–95 2789 1873 4662
95–96 3337 2448 5785
96–97 3452 2301 5753
97–98 3593 2527 6120
98–99 3922 3430 7352
99–00 2979 2089 5068
00–01 3972 3176 7148
01–02 2954 2302 5256
02–03 3151 2542 5693
03–04 3169 2188 5357
04–05 3393 2397 5790
05–06 3438 2168 5606
06–07 3103 2243 5346
07–08 3817 2674 6491
08–09 4772 3242 8014
09–10 4711 3814 8525
10–11 4821 3744 8565
11–12 4950 4286 9236

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New books registered

The number of new books registered for the 2011–12 program was 4062.

Table 3 illustrates the number of new books registered by program year, since 1985 when PLR was first automated.

Table 3.
Number of new books registered by program year

Year Number of books
84–85 20,848
85–86 1632
86–87 1636
87–88 1646
88–89 1731
89–90 2100
90–91 1970
91–92 2835
92–93 2225
93–94 2143
94–95 2331
95–96 2954
96–97 3102
97–98 3038
98–99 2988
99–00 2517
00–01 3811
01–02 2703
02–03 2859
03–04 2769
04–05 3007
05–06 3028
06–07 2808
07–08 2934
08–09 3782
09–10 3287
10–11 3449
11–12 4062

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Library survey

A statistical consultant engaged by the department has designed sampling and survey procedures for the collection of data on public library book stocks and the subsequent estimation of copies held for payment purposes.

The total book stock of eligible Australian public libraries registered in the PLR database for 2011–12 was 36,070,422. Individual public libraries with a book stock of less than 15,000 are not selected for survey.

For the 2011–12 PLR survey 25 libraries were selected to participate. These libraries held 40.98 per cent of the total book stock of all Australian public libraries. They included catalogues of public libraries administered by four state governments and 21 regional library networks with book stock figures ranging from 48,521 to 2,716,713.

The PLR library survey was conducted manually in three of the 25 libraries surveyed, using a printed list of titles comprising brief catalogue records. Participating libraries checked this list against their holdings and indicated how many copies of each book they held. This year 22 libraries were surveyed using an automated matching program.

Appendix 1 lists the 100 highest scoring books: 2009–10 survey to 2011–12 survey.

Appendix 2 lists the 100 highest scoring books: 1974–75 survey to 2011–12 survey.

 

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Payments

The PLR Committee recommended to the Minister for the Arts an increase in the PLR payment rate in-line with the annual increase in the funding allocation for the scheme in 2011–12. The rate of payment was approved by the Minister on 13 April 2012.

The rate per copy of each eligible book was $1.86 for creators and 46.5 cents for publishers compared with $1.76 and 44 cents in 2010–11.

The committee approved annual payments of $9,227,505.81 for 2011–12, to be distributed to 9030 claimants of which 8658 were creators (4342 females and 4316 males) and 372 were publishers. Payments were made in June 2012.

Appendix 3 lists the range of payments by number of claimants.

Appendix 4 lists the range of payments by amount of payment.

Appendix 5 lists the largest payments to creators.

Appendix 6 lists the largest payments to publishers.

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Program expenses

The following administrative/operational costs were incurred in the annual operation of the PLR scheme:

  • advertising and promotion
  • committee expenses and allowances
  • computer costs (software support and development, supplies)
  • payments to libraries and library system vendors for participation in the annual survey
  • production and distribution of the manual checklist of titles
  • processing of library survey data, and
  • production and distribution of claimant advice letters.

Other operational costs, including salaries of departmental officers, were met from departmental funds.

Table 4.
PLR expenditure for the 2011–12 program*

Item Amount
Annual payments approved $9,227,505.81
Adjusting/deferred payments made for previous programs 1425.69
Administration/operational costs 452661.81
Previous program commitments NIL
TOTAL $9,681,593.31

* This information has not been audited. Audit details concerning the financial and staffing matters relating to the administration of the PLR scheme are published in the consolidated financial statements in the annual report of the department.

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Freedom of Information

During the 2011–12 financial year no requests were received pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Educational Lending Right

Educational Lending Right (ELR) is an Australian Government cultural program administered by the Office for the Arts in the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport. Introduced in 2000–01, Australia remains the only country with a comprehensive ELR scheme.

In the 2011–12 financial year the ELR scheme made payments totalling $11.018 million to 11,163 claimants of whom 10,753 were creators (5452 females and 5301 males) and 410 were publishers whose books are held in educational libraries, including school, TAFE and university libraries. In addition to the new claims registered in Table 2, an additional 655 ELR-only claims were registered in 2011–12 (606 creator claims; 49 publisher claims) resulting in an additional 241 ELR-only books registered in this program year. ELR payments were made in June 2012.

Appendix 7 lists the 100 highest scoring books: 2010–11 survey to 2011–12 ELR survey.

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Lending Rights Online

The Lending Rights Online (LRO) service provides claimants with convenient access to:

  • register as creators or publishers
  • submit title claims for books
  • update their contact and banking details, and
  • view their payment history.

Following the distribution of payment advice letters in May 2012, many claimants utilised this service to update contact and payment details online.

The online system will continue to develop services to provide claimants with convenient access to Lending Rights information and services at any time.

To contribute to the discussion about Lending Rights schemes, the Public Lending Right Committee has invited Canadian colleague Mr Paul Whitney to contribute to the 2011–12 Annual report. Mr Whitney is a respected librarian recently retired from the Vancouver City Library who served on the Canadian PLR Commission and Executive for eight years and who has an extensive knowledge of Lending Rights schemes internationally. He has generously contributed an article entitled 'E-books in the 21st Century: a Canadian Perspective'.

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E-books in the 21st Century: a Canadian Perspective

 

image of Paul Whitney

 


Paul Whitney

It is a remarkable time for trade book publishing. Unlike music, the book has been largely immune from format changes. In terms of the physical object, for 575 years mass market paperbacks constituted the only format change for books and it was hardly a revolution. With the advent of the personal computer and the Internet, scholarly publishing was quick to adapt to digital dissemination in supplying content to their customers which were almost exclusively academic and research libraries. Digital distribution has been slow to arrive in the world of trade publishing for several reasons, including fears of being the latest content industry to be threatened by piracy and the inherent differences in the nature of written text and how it is used and the real (and imagined) marketing challenges this presents for eBooks.

This reticence to exploit digital formats eroded quickly in the USA when Amazon introduced the Kindle in late 2007. While eBook title availability and sales have been increasing in other developed countries including Australia, the US market for trade eBooks continues to be by far the largest in the world. Reliable and inclusive US data from the Association of American Publishers shows that eBook net sales revenue doubled from 2010 to 2011 and that in 2011 the eBook format was the highest net revenue generator in adult fiction sales. While by no means spelling the end of the printed trade book, this latter statistic is a dramatic indicator of the pace of change in US publishing and reading habits in a scant 4 years and there is no reason to believe such statistics will not be replicated in other developed countries over time.

What does this mean for public lending right? Several issues strike me as significant:

Failure to incorporate some form of PLR compensation for eBooks in library collections will lead to the gradual erosion of author and publisher payments and a diminishing of the overall relevance of PLR.

The large majority of eBooks produced by publishers available today also exists in print form. A number of PLR programmes base compensation on the presence of a title in a library collection without differentiating among the separate editions of the same work. Assuming that eBooks are treated as another edition of the print version, the eligibility of eBooks will not significantly increase PLR payments in these programmes as most titles will also be present in collections in print form. Other PLR programmes, such as Australia's, base compensation on the number of copies of all editions of a work in library collections. Expanding these programmes to include ebooks would therefore increase the number of library items attracting payment. This may change over time as both the publishing of eBook-only titles increases and print editions disappear from the shelves through wear, loss or discarding due to lack of use. It is hard to justify that a title which is only available in electronic form to a library user should not be eligible for PLR.

Some business models for the sale of eBooks to libraries may weaken the rationale for PLR.

There is no consensus as yet on what constitutes a fair price for a library to pay for an eBook, on the use restrictions on applied to the eBook (e.g. one user at a time, a limit on total loans, etc.) or on which eBooks in what configurations will be made available when in their publishing cycle. A purchase model which is favoured by some publishers and libraries is the licencing of aggregated collections of eBooks for time specific periods. If the sole rationale for PLR is as compensation for lost retail sales, this may be undermined if the works generate library payment (and author royalties) on an ongoing basis through licence renewals. This concern is lessened by the extent that PLR is treated as a cultural support programme. The selling of aggregated collections of eBooks by publishers lessens the role of the librarian as a “curator” selecting individual titles for the library collection. One potential result of this approach may be increased conformity among library collections and library collections containing titles which would not have been selected if they were considered individually.

The eBook format will require changes to eligibility criteria for both individual titles and publishers.

There is a range of complex issues which arise when considering the inclusion of eBooks in PLR, including considering physical parameters such as page length and print run with digital content and addressing the increased role of other creators who may be involved with producing an eBook given their potential for incorporating audio and video components. Self published eBooks are proliferating and corporate entities including distributors such as Amazon are originating eBook titles meaning that a PLR programme such as Australia's will have to revisit how to define eligible publishers.

Setting aside these logistical and philosophical challenges, there is an imperative to modernize PLR to acknowledge the emerging digital publishing reality. Failure to do so will result in its declining relevance over time as a cultural support programme. The Canadian PLR Commission has accepted the principle that eBooks should be incorporated in their programme and has now commenced addressing the complex implementation issues. I am pleased to see that the Australian Government is also responding to this changing environment by considering modernization of its PLR scheme to take account of matters such as eBooks.

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Appendix 1: PLR–100 highest scoring books 2009–10 to 2011–12

The table below lists the top 100 books held in public lending libraries for the last three years.

It is based on the results of the three most recent PLR surveys conducted during 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2011–12.

  Author Title
1 Reilly, Matthew The five greatest warriors
2 Marsden, John Tomorrow, when the war began
3 Li, Cunxin Mao's last dancer
4 Reilly, Matthew The six sacred stones
5 Tsiolkas, Christos The slap
6 Courtenay, Bryce Sylvia
7 Winton, Tim Breath
8 Morrissey, Di The silent country
9 Nunn, Judy Maralinga
10 Courtenay, Bryce The story of Danny Dunn
11 Morrissey, Di The plantation
12 McInerney, Monica Those Faraday girls
13 Fox, Mem Where is the green sheep?
14 Fox, Mem Possum magic
15 Morrissey, Di Monsoon
16 Bruce, Jill B Flags and emblems of Australia
17 Nunn, Judy Floodtide
18 Brooks, Geraldine People of the book
19 Grenville, Kate The secret river
20 Courtenay, Bryce Fishing for stars
21 Courtenay, Bryce The Persimmon tree
22 Allen, Pamela Grandpa and Thomas and the green umbrella
23 French, Jackie Pete the sheep
24 Allen, Pamela Who sank the boat?
25 Morrissey, Di The valley
26 McInerney, Monica At home with the Templetons
27 Garner, Helen The spare room
28 Morrissey, Di The islands
29 Reilly, Matthew Seven ancient wonders
30 Do, Anh The happiest refugee: the extraordinary true story of a boy's journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia's best-loved comedians
31 Temple, Peter Truth
32 Machin, Susan I went walking
33 Griffiths, Andy The cat on the mat is flat
34 Bruce, Jill B Prime ministers of Australia
35 Wild, Margaret Chatterbox
36 Zusak, Markus The book thief
37 Marchetta, Melina Looking for Alibrandi
38 Allen, Pamela Shhh! little mouse
39 Biddulph, Steve Raising boys: why boys are different, and how to help them become happy and well-balanced men
40 Allen, Pamela Grandpa and Thomas
41 Grenville, Kate The lieutenant
42 Marsden, John The dead of the night
43 Byrski, Liz Trip of a lifetime
44 Marsden, John The night is for hunting
45 Marsden, John Darkness, be my friend
46 Griffiths, Andy Treasure fever!
47 French, Jackie Diary of a wombat
48 King, Stephen Michael Mutt dog!
49 Marsden, John The other side of dawn
50 Wild, Margaret Lucy Goosey
51 Marsden, John The third day, the frost
52 Morton, Kate The forgotten garden
53 Gleeson, Libby Amy and Louis
54 Fox, Mem Hello baby!
55 Griffiths, Andy Bumageddon: the final pongflict
56 Fox, Mem The magic hat
57 Adelaide, Debra The household guide to dying
58 Fox, Kathryn Skin and bone
59 Fox, Mem Time for bed
60 Marsden, John Burning for revenge
61 Jordan, Toni Addition
62 Griffiths, Andy What bumosaur is that? an illustrated guide to prehistoric bumosaur life
63 Graham, Bob The trouble with dogs
64 Ormerod, Jan Lizzie nonsense
65 Fox, Mem A giraffe in the bath
66 Griffiths, Andy Just shocking!
67 Watts, Frances Kisses for daddy
68 Gleitzman, Morris Tickled onions and other funny stories
69 Wild, Margaret Puffling
70 Costain, Meredith Doodledum dancing
71 Metzenthen, David The rainbirds
72 Silvey, Craig Jasper Jones: a novel
73 Griffiths, Andy Just disgusting!
74 Jennings, Paul How Hedley Hopkins did a dare, robbed a grave, made a new friend who might not have really been there at all, and while he was at it committed a terrible sin which everyone was doing even though he didn't know it
75 Graham, Bob How to heal a broken wing
76 Rodda, Emily The wizard of Rondo
77 Griffiths, Andy The day my bum went psycho
78 Reilly, Matthew Hover car racer
79 Watts, Frances Parsley Rabbit's book about books
80 Fox, Mem Wombat divine
81 Graham, Bob Tales from the waterhole
82 Lester, Alison Are we there yet? a journey around Australia
83 Whatley, Bruce Little white dogs can't jump
84 Fox, Lee Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair
85 Allen, Pamela The potato people
86 Gleeson, Libby Cuddle time
87 Dumbleton, Mike Cat
88 Griffiths, Andy The big fat cow that goes kapow
89 Clement, Rod Feathers for Phoebe
90 Allen, Pamela Mr McGee and the biting flea
91 Blabey, Aaron Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
92 Treasure, Rachael The rouseabout
93 Gleitzman, Morris Once
94 Reilly, Matthew Scarecrow
95 Baker, Jeannie Mirror = Mira't
96 Rodda, Emily The key to Rondo
97 Robotham, Michael The night ferry
98 Marsden, John Incurable
99 Gleitzman, Morris Doubting Thomas
100 Treasure, Rachael The cattleman's daughter

Note: The listing of a title does not imply that the author has submitted a claim.

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Appendix 2: PLR—100 highest scoring books 1974–75 to 2011–12

This table lists in order the top 100 books held in public lending libraries over the last 37 years.

It is based on the results of the annual surveys conducted since the PLR scheme began in 1974.

  Author Title
1 Courtenay, Bryce Tommo and Hawk
2 Courtenay, Bryce The potato factory: a novel
3 Jennings, Paul Unbelievable! More surprising stories
4 McCullough, Colleen The thorn birds
5 Jennings, Paul Quirky tails: more oddball stories
6 Jennings, Paul Uncanny! even more surprising stories
7 McCullough, Colleen An indecent obsession
8 Courtenay, Bryce Jessica
9 Courtenay, Bryce Solomon's song
10 Jennings, Paul Unmentionable! more amazing stories
11 Marsden, John The night is for hunting
12 Courtenay, Bryce Sylvia
13 Fox, Mem Possum magic
14 Base, Graeme The eleventh hour: a curious mystery
15 Jennings, Paul Unreal! Eight surprising stories
16 Marsden, John So much to tell you-
17 McInerney, Monica Those Faraday girls
18 Jennings, Paul The paw thing
19 Henderson, Sara The strength in us all
20 Reilly, Matthew The six sacred stones
21 Jennings, Paul Undone! more mad endings
22 Park, Ruth The harp in the south
23 Jennings, Paul Unbearable: more bizarre stories
24 Jennings, Paul Round the twist
25 Courtenay, Bryce Four fires
26 Courtenay, Bryce Matthew Flinders' cat
27 Base, Graeme Animalia
28 Grenville, Kate The secret river
29 Marsden, John The other side of dawn
30 Facey, A B A fortunate life
31 Courtenay, Bryce Brother fish
32 Courtenay, Bryce Smoky Joe's cafe
33 Jennings, Paul Uncovered! weird weird
34 Reilly, Matthew The five greatest warriors
35 Fox, Kathryn Skin and bone
36 Courtenay, Bryce The Persimmon tree
37 Marsden, John Tomorrow, when the war began
38 Li, Cunxin Mao's last dancer
39 Courtenay, Bryce The power of one
40 Henderson, Sara From strength to strength: an autobiography
41 Gleitzman, Morris Blabber mouth
42 Tsiolkas, Christos The slap
43 Fox, Mem Where is the green sheep?
44 Park, Ruth Playing Beatie Bow
45 Winton, Tim Dirt music
46 Jennings, Paul The gizmo
47 Brooks, Geraldine People of the book
48 Courtenay, Bryce Whitethorn
49 Nunn, Judy Floodtide
50 McCullough, Colleen A Creed for the third millenium
51 Winton, Tim Breath
52 Morrissey, Di The silent country
53 Reilly, Matthew Seven ancient wonders
54 McCullough, Colleen The ladies of Missalonghi
55 Marsden, John Burning for revenge
56 Bruce, Jill B Flags and emblems of Australia
57 Morrissey, Di The valley
58 Reilly, Matthew Scarecrow
59 Baker, Jeannie The story of Rosy Dock
60 Morrissey, Di Barra Creek
61 Morgan, Sally My place
62 Carey, Peter Oscar and Lucinda
63 Marchetta, Melina Looking for Alibrandi
64 Nunn, Judy Maralinga
65 Jennings, Paul The cabbage patch fib
66 Jennings, Paul The gizmo again
67 West, Morris Masterclass
68 Park, Ruth Missus
69 Morrissey, Di The songmaster
70 Courtenay, Bryce Fishing for stars
71 Courtenay, Bryce The story of Danny Dunn
72 Morrissey, Di The plantation
73 Keneally, Thomas Schindler's ark
74 Morrissey, Di The reef
75 Watts, Frances Kisses for daddy
76 Morrissey, Di Monsoon
77 McCullough, Colleen The first man in Rome
78 Marsden, John Darkness, be my friend
79 Drury, Susan Bandits on horseback
80 Crew, Gary Strange objects: a novel
81 West, Morris Cassidy
82 Allen, Pamela Mr McGee and the biting flea
83 Allen, Pamela The potato people
84 Winton, Tim The riders
85 Klein, Robin Penny Pollard's diary
86 Treasure, Rachael The rouseabout
87 Graham, Bob Crusher is coming!
88 Klein, Robin Hating Alison Ashley
89 Lindsay, Joan Picnic at Hanging Rock
90 Baker, Jeannie Window
91 Vaughan, Marcia K Wombat stew
92 Jennings, Paul Round the twist: featuring Pink bow tie and Nails
93 French, Jackie Pete the sheep
94 Reilly, Matthew Area 7
95 Allen, Pamela Who sank the boat?
96 Watts, Frances Parsley Rabbit's book about books
97 Jennings, Paul Grandad's gifts
98 Jennings, Paul The cabbage patch war
99 Wright, Peter Spycatcher, the candid autobiography of a senior intelligence officer
100 Courtenay, Bryce Tandia

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Appendix 3: Range of payments by number of claimants 2011–12

Range Creators Publishers Total
$50–$99 965 110 1075
$100–$149 1368 41 1409
$150–$199 1055 36 1091
$200–$249 738 17 755
$250–$299 623 8 631
$300–$399 846 23 869
$400–$499 581 16 597
$500–$599 391 11 402
$600–$699 253 8 261
$700–$799 215 10 225
$800–899 162 2 164
$900–$999 150 3 153
$1000–$1999 619 19 638
$2000–$2999 224 17 241
$3000–$3999 133 6 139
$4000–$4999 78 3 81
$5000–$5999 51 4 55
$6000–$6999 34 6 40
$7000–$7999 28 2 30
$8000–$8999 18 2 20
$9000–$9999 17 0 17
$10,000–$10,999 16 4 20
$11,000–$11,999 15 1 16
$12,000–$12999 11 2 13
$13,000–$13,999 6 0 6
$14,000–$14,999 8 2 10
$15,000–$15,999 5 1 6
$16,000–$16,999 7 0 7
$17,000–$17,999 1 1 2
$18,000–$18,999 5 0 5
$19,000–$19,999 1 0 1
$20 000–$24 999 15 1 16
$25,000–$29,999 8 0 8
$30,000–$39,999 3 4 7
$40,000–$49,999 3 4 7
$50,000–$59,999 3 1 4
$60,000–$69,999 0 1 1
$70,000–$79,999 1 0 1
$80,000–$89,999 0 1 1
$90,000–$99,999 0 1 1
$100,000–$109,000 0 1 1
$110,000–$199,999 0 0 0
$120,000–$129,999 0 0 0
$130,000–$139,999 0 1 1
$140,000–$149,999 0 1 1
Above $150,000 1 1 2
TOTAL 8658 372 9030

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Appendix 4: Range of payments by amount of payment ($) 2011–12

Range Creators Publishers Count Total
$50–$99 73,440.14 7794.77 1075 81,234.91
$100–$199 351,792.80 11,137.76 1409 362,930.56
$200–$299 337,039.92 6030.35 1091 343,070.27
$300–$399 292,157.47 8014.14 754 300,171.61
$4000–$499 259,387.72 6957.87 631 266,345.59
$5000–$599 214,046.54 6173.24 870 220,219.78
$600–$699 164,205.21 5206.39 597 169,411.60
$7000–$799 160,539.25 7511.88 402 168,051.13
$8000–$899 137,713.05 1753.16 261 139,466.21
$9000–$999 142,189.77 2802.67 225 144,992.44
$1 0000–$1 999 866,281.38 25,791.43 164 892,072.81
$2 0000–$ 2999 544,317.09 42,090.42 153 586,407.51
$3 0000–$3 999 461,002.16 20,793.22 638 481,795.38
$4 0000–$4 999 349,917.06 14,060.32 241 363,977.38
$5 0000–$5 999 280,057.64 21,865.23 139 301,922.87
$6 0000–$6 999 217,895.10 38,751.54 81 256,646.64
$7 000 0–$7 999 209,585.65 15,023.77 55 224,609.42
$8 000–$8 999 153,877.77 16,510.05 40 170,387.82
$9 0000–$9 999 160,845.47 0.00 30 160,845.47
$10 0000–$10 999 167,947.30 41,548.41 20 209,495.71
$11 0000–$11 999 170,798.46 11,250.67 17 182,049.13
$12 0000–$12 999 137,680.38 25,685.41 20 163365.79
$13 0000–$13 999 80,090.67 0.00 16 80,090.67
$14 0000–$14 999 114,916.50 28,594.37 13 143,510.87
$15 0000–$15 999 77,378.61 15,786.69 6 93165.30
$16 0000–$16 999 114,988.18 0.00 10 114,988.18
$17 0000–$17 999 17,813.22 17,740.00 6 35,553.22
$18 0000–$18 999 91,903.25 0.00 7 91,903.25
$19 0000–$19 999 19,784.26 0.00 2 19784.26
$20 0000–$24 999 331,796.58 20,045.26 5 351,841.84
$25 0000–$29 999 220,613.32 0.00 1 220,613.32
$30 0000–$39 999 104,771.90 136,056.25 16 240,828.15
$40 0000–$49 999 130,554.33 179,032.58 8 309,586.91
$50 0000–$59 999 168,314.00 57,574.13 7 225,888.13
$60 0000–$69 999 0.00 69,125.60 7 69,125.60
$70 0000–$79 999 71,006.31 0.00 4 71,006.31
$80 0000–$89 999 0.00 87,475.06 1 87,475.06
$90 0000–$99 999 0.00 93,392.83 1 93,392.83
$100 0000–$109 999 0.00 106,622.60 1 106,622.60
$110 0000–119 999 0.00 0.00 1 0.00
120 0000–129 999 0.00 0.00 1 0.00
$130 0000–$139 999 0.00 135,598.28 1 135,598.28
$140 0000–$149 999 0.00 145994.27 1 145,994.27
Above $150 000 161546.58 239520.15 2 401,066.73
Total 7,558,195.04 1,669,310.77 9030 9,227,505.81

Grand total: $9,227,505.81 paid to 9030 claimants

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Appendix 5: Largest payments to creators 2011–12 (listed alphabetically)

Allen, Pamela Griffiths, Andy Nicholson, John
Arena, Felice Guile, Melanie Niland, Deborah
Badger, Hilary Harris, Christine Nix, Garth
Baker, Jeannie Hartnett, Sonia Nunn, Judy
Ball, Duncan Harvey, Roland Ormerod, Jan
Barlow, Alexis Hathorn, Elizabeth Panckridge, Michael
Base, Graeme Healey, Justin Park, Louise
Brasch, Nicolas Healey, Kaye Pearson, Jane
Brodie, Scott Heffernan, John Pelusey, Jane
Carey, Peter Hetherington, Keith Pelusey, Michael
Carmody, Isobelle Hill, Marji Prior, Natalie
Chapman, Garry Hirsch, Odo Pryor, Kimberley
Clark, Margaret Hobbs, Leigh Pryor, Michael
Collins, Paul Jacobs, Sherry-Anne Pyers, Greg
Coombe, Eleanor James, Ann Reilly, Matthew
Corris, Peter Jennings, Paul Rippin, Sally
Costain, Meredith Jinks, Catherine Rowe, Jeannette
Courtenay, Bryce Kelleher, Victor Rowe, Jeannette
Crew, Gary Keneally, Thomas Rubinstein, Gillian
Daddo, Andrew Kettle, Philip Shaw, Patricia
D'ath, Justin King, Stephen Michael Simons, Moya
De kretser, Theonne Klein, Robin Smith, Craig
Denton, Terry Lester, Alison Thomas, Ron
Disher, Garry Lord, Gabrielle Thompson, Colin
Dubosarsky, Ursula Marsden, John Thompson, Lisa
Fienberg, Anna Masson, Sophie Walker, Anna
Fox, Mem McAuley, Rowan Warneke, Sara
French, Jackie McClish, Bruce Watt, Peter
Gamble, Kim McInerney, Monica Whatley, Bruce
Gleeson, Libby McIntosh, Fiona Wild, Margaret
Gleitzman, Morris Metzenthen, David Wilkinson, Carole
Gott, Robert Moloney, James Winton, Tim
Graham, Robert Morrissey, David  
Greenwood, Kerry Morrissey, Di  

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Appendix 6: Largest payments to publishers 2011–12 (listed alphabetically)

Acer Press Harpercollins Religious Melbourne Pinedale Press
Allan Cornwell P/L Hybrid Publishers P/L Pluto Press Australia
Allen and Unwin P/L Hyland House Publishing Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education
Australian Fishing Network Indij Readers Limited Publishing and Data
Black Ink Press Interactive Publications P/L Rachael Bermingham
Blake Publishing John Wiley and Sons Wrightbooks P/L Random House Australia P/L
Bloomings Books P/L John Wiley and Sons Australia Ltd Rockpool Publishing
Borghesi and Adam Publishers Pty Ltd Jojo Publishing Rosenberg Publishing P/L
Brolga Publishing P/L Koala Books Sally Milner Publishing P/L
Cambridge University Press Lemonfizz Media Scholastic Australia P/L
Cengage Learning Library Of Australian History Schwartz Publishing (Black Inc)
Central Queensland Uni Press Little Hills Press P/L Science Press
Choice Books Lonely Planet Publications Scribe Publications P/L
Cora Num Macmillan Education Australia Sid Harta Publishers
Crown Castleton Publishers Magabala Books Simon and Schuster (Aust) P/L
Currency Press P/L Manna Trading Pty Ltd Spinifex Press
Duffy and Snellgrove Margaret Hamilton Books P/L The Spinney Press
Earth Garden Publishing Mcgraw-Hill Australia P/L Steve Parish Publishing
East Street Publications Melbourne University Publishing Ltd Thames and Hudson (Australia)
Era Publications Michelle anderson Publishing P/L The Text Publishing Company
Explore Australia Publishing Pty Ltd Murdoch Books Tracy Marsh Publications
The Federation Press P/L Murray David Publishing/M2d Publishing Trekaway P/L Ta Envirobook
Finch Publishing New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd University Of Nsw Press
The Five Mile Press P/L New Holland Publishers P/L University Of Qld Press
Five Senses Education P/L Off The Shelf Publishing Uwa Publishing
Flannel Flower Press Omnibus Books Wakefield Press P/L
Floradale Publications Oxford Uni Press (Academic) Walker Books Aust P/L
Fremantle Press Oxford Uni Press (Education) Windy Hollow Books
The Ghr Press P/L Oxford Uni Press (Trade) Woodslane P/L
Giramondo Publishing Company Pan Macmillan Australia P/L Word Weavers Press
Greater Glider Productions Pascal Press Working Title Press
Hachette Livre Australia P/L Pearson Education Australia P/L (Schools)  
Hardie Grant Books Pearson Education Australia P/L (Tertiary)  
Harpercollins Publishers Pease Training International  

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Appendix 7: ELR—100 highest scoring books 2010–11 to 2011–12

This table represents the 100 highest scoring books from the results of the survey of books held in educational lending libraries for the 2011–12 ELR program.

  Author Title
1 Fox, Mem Possum magic
2 Klein, Robin Hating Alison Ashley
3 Baker, Jeannie Where the forest meets the sea
4 Marsden, John Tomorrow, when the war began
5 Rodda, Emily The forests of silence
6 Gleitzman, Morris Two weeks with the Queen
7 Gleitzman, Morris Misery guts
8 Gleitzman, Morris Boy overboard
9 Rodda, Emily Finders keepers
10 Fox, Mem Hattie and the fox
11 Gleitzman, Morris Blabber mouth
12 Griffiths, Andy Just annoying
13 Park, Ruth Playing Beatie Bow
14 Jennings, Paul The cabbage patch fib
15 Fox, Mem Shoes from Grandpa
16 Griffiths, Andy Just crazy!
17 Jennings, Paul Round the twist
18 Rodda, Emily Rowan and the travellers
19 Rodda, Emily Dread Mountain
20 Griffiths, Andy Just stupid!
21 Rodda, Emily The Shifting Sands
22 Gleitzman, Morris Once
23 Rodda, Emily City of the rats
24 Fox, Mem Time for bed
25 Meeks, Arone Raymond Enora and the black crane
26 Fox, Mem Wombat divine
27 Klein, Robin Penny Pollard's diary
28 Rodda, Emily Shadowgate
29 Adams, Jeanie Pigs and honey
30 Rodda, Emily Cavern of the fear
31 Rodda, Emily Rowan of Rin
32 Matthews, P E The sea dog
33 Matthews, P E A year on our farm
34 Vaughan, Marcia K Wombat stew
35 Gleitzman, Morris Girl underground
36 Wilkinson, Carole Dragonkeeper
37 Rodda, Emily Return to Del
38 Jennings, Paul Uncanny! even more surprising stories
39 McDonald, Meme My Girragundji
40 Gleitzman, Morris Sticky beak
41 Base, Graeme The eleventh hour: a curious mystery
42 Knowles, Sheena Edward the emu
43 Rodda, Emily Dragon's nest
44 Jennings, Paul The gizmo again
45 Jennings, Paul Unbelievable! More surprising stories
46 Wagner, Jenny John Brown, Rose and the midnight cat
47 Jennings, Paul Unbearable: more bizarre stories
48 Gleitzman, Morris Toad rage
49 Jennings, Paul Unmentionable! more amazing stories
50 Graham, Bob Greetings from Sandy Beach
51 Fox, Mem Koala Lou
52 Lester, Alison Magic beach
53 Walker, Kate Elephant's lunch
54 Disher, Garry The bamboo flute
55 Norrington, Leonie The Barrumbi kids
56 Bruce, Jill B Prime ministers of Australia
57 Thompson, Lisa Dinosaurs
58 Griffiths, Andy Just tricking
59 Brian, Janeen Duck down
60 Jennings, Paul The gizmo
61 Rodda, Emily Fuzz the famous fly
62 Griffiths, Andy The cat on the mat is flat
63 Hilton, Nette The web
64 Jennings, Paul The cabbage patch war
65 Rodda, Emily Pigs might fly
66 Winton, Tim Lockie Leonard, human torpedo
67 Crew, Gary Memorial
68 Griffiths, Andy Just shocking!
69 Freeman, Pamela Victor's quest
70 Thiele, Colin The monster fish
71 French, Jackie Daughter of the regiment
72 Winton, Tim Blueback
73 Jennings, Paul Sink the Gizmo
74 Baker, Jeannie The story of Rosy Dock
75 Wild, Margaret My dearest dinosaur
76 Legge, David Bamboozled
77 Forrestal, Elaine Someone like me
78 Honey, Elizabeth Don't pat the wombat!
79 Base, Graeme TruckDogs: a novel in four bites
80 Jennings, Paul Singenpoo strikes again
81 Gleitzman, Morris Toad heaven
82 Rodda, Emily The best-kept secret
83 Wagner, Jenny The bunyip of Berkeley's Creek
84 Rodda, Emily Rowan of the Bukshah
85 Winton, Tim The Bugalugs bum thief
86 Fox, Mem Sail away: the ballad of Skip and Nell
87 Simons, Moya Monkey talk
88 Fox, Mem Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
89 Gleeson, Libby Amy and Louis
90 Tan, Shaun The lost thing
91 Maxwell, Cynthia Wild things
92 Klein, Robin Halfway across the galaxy and turn left
93 Gleitzman, Morris Then
94 Hathorn, Libby Thunderwith
95 Marsden, John So much to tell you-
96 Gleitzman, Morris Teacher's pet
97 French, Jackie Somewhere around the corner
98 Fox, Mem Where is the green sheep?
99 Allen, Pamela Alexander's outing
100 Marsden, John The dead of the night

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Summary of reporting requirements

Enabling legislation

Public Lending Right Act 1985

Responsible Minister

Minister for the Arts

Functions

Page 1

Membership

Page 2

Financial statements

Page 9 and Annual Report of the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, Office for the Arts 2011–12

Operational matters

Pages 4–9

Subsidiaries

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