{"id":231,"date":"2021-01-13T13:39:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T13:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2021-02-15T18:27:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:27:21","slug":"claim-public-lending-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/claim-public-lending-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Lending Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"231\" class=\"elementor elementor-231\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ffb96c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ffb96c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a57b250\" data-id=\"a57b250\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a52b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56a52b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Claim Public Lending Rights<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2f87c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2f87c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this second of our series of articles on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/maximise-your-income-as-as-author-illustrator-etc\/\"><strong>how to maximise your income as a writer, illustrator, author, photographer, narrator, translator etc.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0We will focus on Public Lending Rights (PLR), what they are and how to claim UK and Irish PLR and then move on to how to claim PLR elsewhere around the world, where possible.\u00a0 We will warn you now this article is very long but worth it so hang in there as best you can.\u00a0 Now let\u2019s dive straight in and start with the basics, what is PLR exactly?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76a41a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76a41a4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbae378\" data-id=\"cbae378\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d5247 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49d5247\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recommended Reading : How to Claim Secondary Use Royalties Through ALCS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ad775f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ad775f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f83a34a\" data-id=\"f83a34a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1000a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1000a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is PLR and Who is Eligible to Claim ?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-312524d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"312524d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A lot of people think PLR is the right of authors to receive payment for free public use of their works in public libraries, because that is what the PLR website states.\u00a0 Well we don\u2019t think that is totally correct because an author is not just \u201cthe\u201d author, they can be the co-author as an illustrator is for a picture book, or a photographer, may include the narrator(s) for an audio book, or the translator.\u00a0 PLR gives published authors, illustrators and other contributors, a legal right to payment each time their work, such as books, music, artwork etc., is borrowed from public libraries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The below is taken directly from the PLR UK website on who is eligible to claim PLR, so you don\u2019t have to take it from us:-<\/p><ul><li>Writers\u00a0\u2013 share to reflect contribution<\/li><li>Illustrators\/photographers\u00a0\u2013 share to reflect contribution even if paid by fee<\/li><li>Translators\u00a0\u2013 share fixed at 30%<\/li><li>Original author\u00a0\u2013 even if out of copyright or deceased a notional share should be allocated to reflect contribution<\/li><li>Adaptors\/Re-tellers\u00a0\u2013 80% of the text share (after the illustrator\u2019s share is allocated) where the original author is named on the title page or 100% of the text share where no original author is named or has an agreement with the author named on the title page<\/li><li>Ghost writers\u00a0\u2013 if named on the title page or entitled to royalties from the publisher<\/li><li>Editors\/compilers\/abridgers\/revisers\u00a0\u2013 share to reflect contribution.<\/li><\/ul><p>It is also very important to point out that to qualify for PLR you should be named on the book\u2019s title page (yes title page not cover page, the title page is normally an inside page with all the information on it about edition, who owns copyright etc.) or be entitled to a royalty payment from the publisher, but you do not have to own the copyright.\u00a0 We believe that copyright should always be retained by the illustrator \/ creator etc. but that is a separate issue that we will not be covering here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2139ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2139ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77a3c90\" data-id=\"77a3c90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9959eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9959eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where and Why Does PLR Exist?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf8a164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf8a164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So we now know what PLR is but why does PLR exist? Well you can look at it in a couple of different ways depending on which country you are in! \u2026. Yes the answer is it depends! \u2026.\u00a0 To some it is a programme to compensate illustrators, authors etc. for the potential loss of sales (book royalties etc.) for their work, such as books, music, artwork, being made available in public libraries. \u00a0To others it is governmental support of the arts, through support of their work being available in public libraries.\u00a0 It is the latter argument that I understand is one of the main reasons why there is no PLR system in the USA as government support clearly means Communism, ignoring the fact that companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems etc. get government assistance through their defence contracts under the guise of \u201cin the interests of national security\u201d, but that\u2019s a different argument.<\/p><p>The other thing we find most people don\u2019t realise is that PLR has been around for over 70 years. The first country to establish a PLR system was Denmark in 1946, followed by Norway in 1947 and Sweden in 1954. \u00a0The UK system was set up by the PLR Act of 1979, so that\u2019s over 40 years ago,<\/p><p>OK here are some of the facts around PLR that we have found online, for anyone interested,\u00a0 before we get stuck into the how to claim \u2026.<\/p><p>At least 41 countries recognise lending rights in their legislation, but PLR systems exist in only 28 of these. \u00a0When I say systems exist I mean where payments are being made, or where there is PLR legislation and funding has been provided. \u00a024 of these are in Europe namely: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. \u00a0Cyprus and Hungary I understand are also working on implementing PLR schemes too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92cb48a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92cb48a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-caba3be\" data-id=\"caba3be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe32654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe32654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do PLR System Operate?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fcc60d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fcc60d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the 28 countries where a PLR system does exist these fall broadly into three categories as outlined below with some countries adopting a combination of all three:-<\/p><ul><li>A copyright based system \u2013 As found in countries like Germany and Austria, where lending is seen as a form of copyright exploitation of authors\u2019 works.\u00a0 Authors have the right to license the lending of their works by libraries.\u00a0 All arrangements for licensing and distribution of fees are undertaken by collecting societies on behalf of rights holders and these societies negotiate with either the Federal and Provincial governments or libraries for the funds to make payments with.<\/li><li>PLR as a separate remuneration right recognised in law \u2013 This is the system in the UK where the 1979 PLR Act gives authors a legal right to receive payment from the government for the lending out of their books by public libraries as administered by a government agency called the PLR office. This is a right to payment, not an exclusive right allowing authors to prohibit or license the lending of their books.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>PLR as part of state support for culture \u2013 this is the system adopted mainly in the Scandinavian countries where, for example, payments are made only to authors of books written in a country\u2019s native language. This is aimed at minority languages and encouraging the writing of literature in those languages. \u00a0The effect is to prevent PLR payments in those countries going to writers in more dominant languages such as English.<\/li><\/ul><p>Also within the European Union (EU), the 1992 Directive on Lending and Rental Right established a copyright framework for the recognition of authors\u2019 lending rights by Member States, which was another good reason to stay in but hey what do we know?!?\u00a0 Basically this gives authors and other rights holders an exclusive right to license or prohibit the lending of their works by libraries.\u00a0 However, EU Member States can differ from an exclusive right, provided that they remunerate rights holders for the loan of their works.\u00a0 EU Member States are also allowed to exclude the lending of authors\u2019 works from specific categories of library and can give priority to their national cultural objectives when establishing a PLR scheme. Still much better than nothing and allows all three types of PLR systems to work side by side.<\/p><p>In a nutshell each PLR system has its own rules about who may qualify for payment, but EU Member States cannot discriminate on grounds of nationality.<\/p><p>Elsewhere around the world there are working PLR systems in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. \u00a0Copyright legislation in Mauritius and Kazakhstan provides for lending rights but no PLR system is yet in operation. \u00a0In Japan a government advisory committee recommended back in 2003 that discussions take place between author and library organisations towards the introduction of PLR, but this has not yet resulted in proposals for a PLR system as far as we are aware.<\/p><p>There are no PLR systems in the United States, South America, Asia or Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbeb6a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbeb6a4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1112d84\" data-id=\"1112d84\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c85dde\" data-id=\"2c85dde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0bf470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0bf470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ydp77867dc6yiv2277882461ydp5775777dyiv4859159925\"><i>&#8220;I was made aware of PLR when working on my first picture book in 1994. The author I was collaborating with told me about it and recommended I join. So, I simply went to their website, created an account and duly registered my book. I\u2019ve done the same ever since; by collecting all the books published throughout the year between June &#8211; June\u2026 loging into the PLR website and adding them to the list. It really is that easy.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bb0022\" data-id=\"5bb0022\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b823ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b823ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c73c3e9\" data-id=\"c73c3e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e3da1c\" data-id=\"7e3da1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3443631 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3443631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>David Melling &#8211; Kate Greenaway Award shortlister and one of the top 50 most borrowed illustrators from UK public libraries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f507ba\" data-id=\"9f507ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08857da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08857da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-840f8ae\" data-id=\"840f8ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f642e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f642e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How is PLR Calculated?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b59b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89b59b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That\u2019s not all, there are two main methods used to calculate how much you can claim as follows:-<\/p><ul><li>Payment on the basis of how often an author\u2019s works are lent out such as used in the UK where details of book loans are collected from a sample of public library computer systems across the country by the PLR office. This is then used to calculate the estimated number of times that books are borrowed nationally, and payment is made on the basis of an annually calculated rate per loan.<\/li><li>Payment per copy of an author\u2019s work held in libraries.<\/li><\/ul><p>There are some other methods used too such as relating payments to book purchases, payments made as grants etc. but that is enough detail on that for now, our heads are starting to hurt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28c1bd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28c1bd4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f766c0b\" data-id=\"f766c0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3ebdc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3ebdc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where to Claim PLR?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af61a7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af61a7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For us in the UK we can claim UK and Irish PLR through the UK PLR office, which we will show you how to do in a moment.\u00a0 We know it is about time but we will get around to it.\u00a0 From the UK and Ireland we can also claim PLR from countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and France through the Author\u2019s Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), and for artists through the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), both of which we will cover later on in this article.<\/p><div><div><p>The UK system is open to authors resident in any country in the European Economic Area which is basically all EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Well it was up until the UK left the EU and now we have no idea if any of these standing agreements will remain or not.\u00a0 We fear not but let\u2019s see as nothing has changed until everything has changed!<\/p><p>To be eligible to register for the UK PLR scheme you must have your home or principal home in the UK or in any of the other countries within the European Economic Area (EEA).\u00a0 Continuous residence after registration is not a requirement, however, if you move outside the European Economic Area after registration you will not be able to register any new titles or editions for PLR. \u00a0Books which are already registered will remain unaltered.\u00a0 As for the Irish PLR scheme, you may be a resident or citizen of any of the countries within the EEA. If you are not an EEA resident and are applying for Irish PLR as a citizen, you must provide a photocopy of your passport to confirm your citizenship within the EEA.<\/p><p>The PLR year runs from the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0July until the 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June.\u00a0 As long as you complete your submissions by the 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June each year they will collect loans of your books from the previous July, with any payments due paid the following February.<\/p><p>If you are finding all this painful then let us give you some motivation to continue, given that we have not even started the painful bit.\u00a0 Payments from UK PLR are usually made in February and range from a minimum of \u00a31 to a maximum of \u00a36\u2019600.\u00a0 This does not include any payments from other countries\u2019 PLR systems.\u00a0 Even if you get a couple of hundred pounds a year we still think it is a good thing to do as it should keep paying out year after year.\u00a0 Registration is free so it\u2019s only going to cost you the time to get off your lazy backside and register your titles. Well actually the truth is you need to sit your lazy backside down in front of a computer and submit them all.<\/p><p>Enough of all that necessary nonsense, now let\u2019s make a claim \u2026. the good news is you can do all it all online and it\u2019s relatively simple.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4266c18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4266c18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84114bf\" data-id=\"84114bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da48383 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da48383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where to Start?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b642a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09b642a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Well if you don\u2019t have a UK PLR account yet then that is the best place to start!\u00a0 Step one is to go to the PLR UK website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/plr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/plr<\/a>.\u00a0 Once you land on the home page click on the \u201cApply for an online account\u201d button at the bottom of the page and follow the instructions to register.<\/p><p>Once you are all done you will most probably get an email with a link to set your password and you are done with the first step.\u00a0 You now have a PLR UK account!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77b8754\" data-id=\"77b8754\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c92ba58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c92ba58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-PLR-1024x493.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-413\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-PLR-1024x493.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-PLR-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-PLR-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-PLR-1536x739.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-PLR-2048x986.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6afaba4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6afaba4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52c92ac\" data-id=\"52c92ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bc0116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bc0116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now go back to the PLR UK website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/plr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/plr<\/a>\u00a0, and click on the \u201cOnline account login\u201d button which will take you to the login page as shown in the screenshot opposite.\u00a0 Now login!<\/p><p>Once logged in we can finally get truly started.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fadb1d1\" data-id=\"fadb1d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f9318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78f9318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-Login-to-PLR-V2-1024x409.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-415\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-Login-to-PLR-V2-1024x409.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-Login-to-PLR-V2-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-Login-to-PLR-V2-768x307.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-Login-to-PLR-V2-1536x613.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-Login-to-PLR-V2-2048x818.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ebea1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ebea1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f08531\" data-id=\"3f08531\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3471746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3471746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Register a Title?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db83a98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db83a98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>OK go to the section in the bottom half of the page under the heading of \u201cWhat would you like to do?\u201d and select \u201cRegister a title\u201d as shown in the screenshot opposite.<\/p><p>At this point you will need all your books\u2019\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tinamacnaughton.co.uk\/what-is-an-isbn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Standard Book Number(s) (ISBN)s.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have them then I highly recommend you start thinking about creating a log of all your published work and where all your work has\/is being used because you are going to need it, not just for this but for almost every other article we have either already written, or will be writing, on how to maximise your income as an illustrator or author.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb8200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feb8200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To add a book title to your claim simply input the ISBN into the top box and then click find. \u00a0If the PLR database has your ISBN it will fill in as many of the other fields as possible.\u00a0 All the other fields you will have to manually fill in.\u00a0 So when I mentioned earlier that you need a log of all you ISBNs, we should have actually said you need a log of not just your ISBNs but also their title, publisher, publication year, edition type and your percentage share.\u00a0 That\u2019s why creating a log\/register of all your works from scratch was our first article in this series as to us it is the foundation of everything..<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77b8781\" data-id=\"77b8781\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3921fc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3921fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Register-a-Title-V2-1024x734.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-416\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Register-a-Title-V2-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Register-a-Title-V2-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Register-a-Title-V2-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Register-a-Title-V2-1536x1101.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Register-a-Title-V2.jpg 2020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85bcd42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85bcd42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-ISBN-Find-V2-1024x899.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-417\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-ISBN-Find-V2-1024x899.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-ISBN-Find-V2-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-ISBN-Find-V2-768x674.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-ISBN-Find-V2-1536x1348.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-ISBN-Find-V2.jpg 1992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f1537c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f1537c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5ccf45\" data-id=\"c5ccf45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38fad7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f38fad7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keep Good Records!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed95cbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed95cbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If the PLR database does not recognise your ISBN then you will get a message saying that they do not currently hold the bibliographic details for the ISBN you have just entered and you will have to add in all the details manually.<\/p><p>Also make sure you tick one of the boxes on the right hand side of the page to indicate what form of contribution you are claiming, as shown in the screenshot opposite.<\/p><p>The one biggest bit of advice we will give you now is each time you add a title to your PLR account, or any other collecting organisation claim, is to make a column in your log\/register of your works to show that you have added it to your PLR account or else you will find yourself each year trying to work out or remember what you have already registered and what still needs to be added.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t we\u2019ll explain what will happen in the next bit that just might drive you mad depending on how many titles you have.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-736b307\" data-id=\"736b307\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec1bf5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec1bf5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-6-Fill-in-details-and-add-book-to-table-below-V2-1024x890.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-419\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-6-Fill-in-details-and-add-book-to-table-below-V2-1024x890.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-6-Fill-in-details-and-add-book-to-table-below-V2-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-6-Fill-in-details-and-add-book-to-table-below-V2-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-6-Fill-in-details-and-add-book-to-table-below-V2-1536x1334.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-6-Fill-in-details-and-add-book-to-table-below-V2-2048x1779.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a0685e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a0685e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69458c2\" data-id=\"69458c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cdb8ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cdb8ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before a title can be accepted you will need to complete all the fields as show in the screenshot above, including ticking one of the boxes on the right hand side of the page that identifies your contribution.\u00a0 Have we mentioned that already?\u00a0 Yes because it is the one thing we always forget to do.\u00a0 Once all is completed you will then need to click on the \u201cadd book to table below\u201d button in the bottom right hand side of the page.\u00a0 When you do that you will see it appear in the table at the bottom of the page ready for submission.\u00a0 All you have to do now is keep going until you have finished adding all you book titles or until you have had enough for the day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb40975 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb40975\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dda6230\" data-id=\"dda6230\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc9b3b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc9b3b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now as you do this for the first time, or even when you are updating your registered titles each year, you will make mistakes, or get bored doing it or distracted etc.\u00a0 We are only human and this stuff is dull work let\u2019s face it.\u00a0 The most common mistake we make is forgetting what we have just added and inadvertently try to add the same title again.\u00a0 Well when you do, the system is setup to help you by giving you an error message just like the one in the screenshot below. \u00a0What can you do?\u00a0 Nothing, well other than to click the \u201cclear form\u201d button and start again.\u00a0 No big deal we know, but if you don\u2019t keep a good record of what you have already entered you will see this time and time again and it will drive you insane knowing you are just repeating what you have already done wasting even more time on a dull task that is going to take longer to finish. \u00a0Please don\u2019t do that to yourself, life is too short as it is.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e26468f\" data-id=\"e26468f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-677a6d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"677a6d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-7-Error-so-clear-form-and-start-again-V2-1024x756.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-420\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-7-Error-so-clear-form-and-start-again-V2-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-7-Error-so-clear-form-and-start-again-V2-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-7-Error-so-clear-form-and-start-again-V2-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-7-Error-so-clear-form-and-start-again-V2-1536x1135.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-7-Error-so-clear-form-and-start-again-V2.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8711002 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8711002\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-690f2f8\" data-id=\"690f2f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b89c9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b89c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Time to Submit to PLR!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3b7092 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3b7092\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once we have reached the limit of the number of titles you are going to add in one go, which could be as few as one believe me, scroll down to the very bottom of the page, below the table of all the titles you have just entered, where you will find in the bottom left hand corner the \u201csubmit to plr\u201d button.\u00a0 Now press submit \u2026. Nothing will happen otherwise!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08bd5a9\" data-id=\"08bd5a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be0e9f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be0e9f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-8-Submit-to-PLR-V2-1024x982.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-421\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-8-Submit-to-PLR-V2-1024x982.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-8-Submit-to-PLR-V2-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-8-Submit-to-PLR-V2-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-8-Submit-to-PLR-V2.jpg 1526w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27bf388 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27bf388\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-731f7f7\" data-id=\"731f7f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b4d24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75b4d24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Eligibility Statement.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bba9697 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bba9697\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now we find ourselves on the eligibility statement page which is all the legal stuff that you need to read as it is your head on the block if you don\u2019t.\u00a0 If you agree with the statement then simply press the \u201cAccept\u201d button at the bottom of the page and you are done for now.<\/p><p>The process is now done but not done done as we like to say.\u00a0 Your book titles have been submitted and are now awaiting approval by the PLR team.\u00a0 They do an amazing job so be patient.\u00a0 If there is an issue with any of your registered titles they will email you.\u00a0 If they reject any of your titles they will email you with the reason why.\u00a0 If you have any more information that will help them approve your rejected title(s) then you can reply.\u00a0 So all is good and we like their system very much.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5665be\" data-id=\"d5665be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d718cd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d718cd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-9-Accept-V2-1-1024x801.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-423\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-9-Accept-V2-1-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-9-Accept-V2-1-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-9-Accept-V2-1-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-9-Accept-V2-1-1536x1202.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-9-Accept-V2-1.jpg 1629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f341f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f341f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7854f4\" data-id=\"c7854f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5320771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5320771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Often Do I Need to Claim?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dc3163 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dc3163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once you have entered the information for any of your titles it will be held against your account by PLR UK and you will only need to enter new ones each year, or any that you could not be bothered or had forgotten to add before.\u00a0 Also it does not matter when your work was printed, or even if the title is out of print, you can still claim as libraries may still hold it.<\/p><p>Naturally now that we have written all of this the format will probably change and will be a new improved look, but we are sure it will not be so much different that the above wouldn\u2019t be useful in some way so happy adding, and if you get stuck please do drop us a line and we would be more than happy to help where we can.<\/p><p>The time spent registering your book titles will be time very well spent.\u00a0 Of the first 485 titles we registered with PLR UK, only 4 titles were rejected (all 4 are audio books for which illustrators do not receive PLR).\u00a0 We also have a few titles that we can not register, mostly books that have been translated to languages such as Greek and Russian as the system does not seem to recognise anything other than the Latin alphabet, which is no surprise as it is aimed at the UK after all!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22003fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22003fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac37834\" data-id=\"ac37834\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a4f880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a4f880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Now for Overseas PLR ... No We Are Not Done Yet!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5a81b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5a81b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That\u2019s UK and Irish PLR sorted so we can now turn our attention to the others \u2026. We are about half way if you are thinking Oh My God have we not done enough already?\u00a0 The answer, we are sorry to say, is no we have not \u2026. let\u2019s keep going \u2026.\u00a0<\/p><p>For UK and Irish authors and illustrators etc. to claim payments from overseas PLR systems operating in a number of other European countries such as Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Austria, you need to register your works with the Authors\u2019 Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) who administer the reciprocal PLR agreements with other countries.\u00a0 Eligible illustrators, photographers and visual artists can also apply to claim their share of Dutch PLR payments through the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS).\u00a0 Well this was the case before the UK decided to actually leave the European Union and now we are not sure if any of these standing agreements will remain or not.<\/p><p>You might be thinking why are we saying works and not books?\u00a0 Well ALCS allows you to register not only books but also any contributions you have made to magazines, journals and scripts.\u00a0 So you don\u2019t just need a full list of all you books\u2019 International Standard Book Number(s) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/what-is-an-isbn-or-issn\/\">ISBN<\/a>)s, you will also need the International Standard Serial Number (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/what-is-an-isbn-or-issn\/\">ISSN<\/a>) for any magazine or journal your work has been published in too.\u00a0 That\u2019s not all, you will need much more information about your work such as publisher, number of visual contributions (if any), estimated word count for articles and publication year.\u00a0 For scripts you will need different information such as title or series, episode title or number, Channel it was aired on, type of work, length of programme in minutes, original transmission date, year of production, your contribution, production companies, and countries of production.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>ALCS collects two main types of income for everyone who writes or contributes to books, magazines and journals.\u00a0 The first is from the overseas Public Lending Rights (PLR) from countries the UK has reciprocal agreements with.\u00a0 The second, and biggest of the two, is licences issued by the Copyright Licencing Agency (CLA), which offers licensing options for businesses, educational institutions, and government agencies for copying or scanning works, and licences issued by the Publishers\u2019 Licencing Service (PLS) to licence reproduction rights on behalf of its member organisations.\u00a0 For script writers ALCS collects several types of income including re-transmission of works broadcast on TV and radio, educational recording and private copying (In most European countries, a levy is charged on the sale of recording and copying equipment. This is usually referred to as a private copying levy and is intended to compensate rights owners for the reuse of their works).<\/p><p>That\u2019s all the basics covered so let\u2019s get on and make a claim, it\u2019s what we are here for after all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-782020f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"782020f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53506bc\" data-id=\"53506bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f49345b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f49345b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where to Start? Again!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc4135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dc4135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Well as always if you don\u2019t have an ALCS account yet then that is the best place to start! Go to the ALCS website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alcs.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.alcs.co.uk\/<\/a>, and once you land on the home page, under the section headed \u201cNot a Member?\u201d click on the \u201cRegister Here\u201d button in the middle of the page and follow the instructions to register.\u00a0\u00a0As you are registering be sure to join the ALCS mailing list, yes their mailing list, and yes we are actively asking someone to send us stuff rather than asking them to unsubscribe us.\u00a0 Why? Because ALCS will keep<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c5f26b\" data-id=\"3c5f26b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94251c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94251c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-ALCS-1024x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-424\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-ALCS-1024x450.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-ALCS-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-ALCS-768x338.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-ALCS-1536x675.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-1-Apply-for-an-account-or-login-to-ALCS-2048x900.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d8d0b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d8d0b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c902927\" data-id=\"c902927\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf31c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf31c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>you updated on when to ensure your register of works is updated and submitted by and any new developments that you might have to complete a different claim form for, be it another countries PLR scheme or any other forms of secondary use of your works, such as photocopying, scanning and digital reuse etc.\u00a0 If you are not in it you will not win it!<\/p><p>Once you are all done you will most probably get an email with a link to set your password and you are done with the first step.\u00a0 You now have an ALCS account!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43045c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43045c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33b6f3c\" data-id=\"33b6f3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa07eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2aa07eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Now DACS ....<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fda18c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fda18c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For all artists the next thing you should do is to either create a DACS account and\/or ensure that you are on their mailing list too so you can also benefit from notifications from DACS on when to ensure your DACS payback claim has to be completed by and, more importantly for this article, when to complete different claim forms for things like Dutch PLR etc.<\/p><p>If you need any more motivation to do this then we will tell you that if we were was not on DACS\u2019s mailing list we would not have got an email in 2019 from them telling us that artists and estates can now apply for royalties if their work has been published in Germany, thanks to the partnership between DACS and the German collecting society\u00a0VG Bild-Kunst.\u00a0 We completed the forms for any of our clients works published on a German website, in a German book or featured in a German art exhibition before the then 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2019 deadline and they received a nice slice of income more than either we or they were expecting that year.\u00a0 What more motivation do you need?\u00a0 So go to the DACS website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dacs.org.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.dacs.org.uk<\/a>.\u00a0 Once you land on the home page click on \u201cFor Artists\u201d from the top menu line, then click on \u201cFind out more\u201d under the Payback header, then click the button \u201cLogin to claim Payback\u201d and finally at the bottom of the login box select \u201cNew to Payback? Sign up here\u201d \u2026\u2026 or just follow this link by clicking\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/payback.dacs.org.uk\/Account\/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F#\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><strong>!<\/strong>.\u00a0 Fill the form in with your details etc., making sure you sign up to their mailing list, and submit.\u00a0 DACS will send you an email with a link to set your password and you are done.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f4e7d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f4e7d0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84a2f45\" data-id=\"84a2f45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb0748a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb0748a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Back toALCS ....<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-796a0e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"796a0e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now let\u2019s all go back to the ALCS website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alcs.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.alcs.co.uk\/<\/a>, as it is time to login to your account and start registering your work.\u00a0 You should now be on the \u201cMy Works\u201d page with a big red \u201cView All and Add More Works\u201d button looking straight at you in the middle of the page. What are you waiting for? Click it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b813f1\" data-id=\"3b813f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65413db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65413db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-View-All-and-ADD-more-Works-1024x442.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-426\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-View-All-and-ADD-more-Works-1024x442.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-View-All-and-ADD-more-Works-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-View-All-and-ADD-more-Works-768x331.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-View-All-and-ADD-more-Works-1536x663.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-2-View-All-and-ADD-more-Works-2048x884.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa0c94a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa0c94a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d68f9e5\" data-id=\"d68f9e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2908def elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2908def\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This takes you to the \u201cMy Works\u201d page \u2026.. but we have just come from there? Yes we know but that was just the landing page showing your most recently added works and this one shows you all your registered works and has a big green \u201cAdd New Work\u201d button at the top which you need to click on to, surprisingly, to add your works.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c8088e\" data-id=\"1c8088e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02c4753 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02c4753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Add-more-Works-1024x443.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-427\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Add-more-Works-1024x443.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Add-more-Works-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Add-more-Works-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Add-more-Works-1536x664.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-3-Add-more-Works-2048x885.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fe7a8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fe7a8c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0a5b04\" data-id=\"e0a5b04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d376ee5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d376ee5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Arc de Triomphe!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa4afb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa4afb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are now on the page that we like to call the Arc de Triomphe roundabout page because when you first look at it you think there is too much going on and there is no way you can work out what to do, where to go, or how to survive! It looks busy and potentially stressful with so many different options to take to leave the page depending on where you need to go.\u00a0 It\u2019s actually not that bad and if you ever watch the traffic from the top of the Arc de Triomphe you will see that in what seems to be total chaos somehow it actually works.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e8915c\" data-id=\"4e8915c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a0284 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55a0284\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-Fill-in-book-details-1024x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-428\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-Fill-in-book-details-1024x432.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-Fill-in-book-details-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-Fill-in-book-details-768x324.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-Fill-in-book-details-1536x648.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Step-4-Fill-in-book-details-2048x864.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e93001 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e93001\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-476e4a8\" data-id=\"476e4a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73956d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a73956d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the busy screenshot above you will see that you have to select first what type of publication the item of your work you wish to add has been published in, either a book, a magazine or journal, or a script.\u00a0 Once you have selected then it\u2019s time to add in details such as title, ISBN \/ ISSN, publisher etc. filling in the fields on the left hand side of the page, ensuring you complete all fields marked with an asterisk otherwise you will not be able to add the work to your account.<\/p><p>Once done you then need to select from the drop-down menus, roughly in the middle of the page, which type of contributor you are and your writing name.\u00a0 Other than that, don\u2019t forget to tick the box to declare you own the copyright for your contribution and\/or the box declaring you own the copyright for your visual contribution(s), including the number of visual contributions.\u00a0 For everyone registering visual contributions remember to count each image as one, so if you have the same image in a book five times that\u2019s five images not one.\u00a0 All of this information you should hold in your log\/register of all your works, we did say you would need one and you\u2019d find it very useful.<\/p><p>Once all that is completed then click the big red \u201cSave to My Account\u201d button and start the process again until you have entered in every published item of your works from books to magazines etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ab675c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ab675c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d691fa\" data-id=\"5d691fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4292400 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4292400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keep Good Records! .... Please.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a24d2d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a24d2d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As we have mentioned in previous articles, the one biggest bit of advice we can give you now is each time you add an item of work to your ALCS account, or any other collecting organisation claim, is to make a column in your log\/register to show that you have added it to your ALCS account or else you will find yourself each year trying to work out or remember what you have already registered and what still needs to be added.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t you will regret it for the rest of your life! \u2026. Well it\u2019s not that bad but you will get annoyed that you didn\u2019t, which is bad enough.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b8d349 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b8d349\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7047ae8\" data-id=\"7047ae8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690bf10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"690bf10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ALCS have a Video Tutorial<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd84c1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd84c1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ALCS have actually produced a YouTube tutorial guide on how to add work to your account, covering books, magazines, journals and scripts, which is much better than anything we can write, which you can see by clicking on the following link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KnCTcxQZ8qY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/KnCTcxQZ8qY<\/a>.\u00a0 We could have mentioned this earlier but what can we say, I like the sound of our own voices!<\/p><p>Tutorials also exist on how to add visual contributions to books,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vgRch-4ceO0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/vgRch-4ceO0<\/a>, and on how to add visual contributions to articles,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6P88BsRRmIQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/6P88BsRRmIQ<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4448cbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4448cbf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44ce068\" data-id=\"44ce068\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32219e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32219e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Copyright Question?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69dd683 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69dd683\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you might have gathered from all the above, to be able to claim anything through ALCS you need to own the copyright to your works.\u00a0 We don\u2019t think this is completely right as that is not the requirement to claim PLR in the UK.\u00a0 However, as ALCS collects a lot more than just PLR from other countries, as mentioned earlier, we fully understand that to manage two separate systems would potentially be quite difficult.\u00a0 So when you are negotiating a contract etc. hang on to your copyright as it will benefit you for years to come.\u00a0 Also note that publishers can\u2019t claim through ALCS, nor can they claim for PLR etc. so to us it is a bit mean not to allow illustrators, authors etc. to keep the copyright of their work, even if they sign a clause in the contract stating that they get no royalties from book sales.\u00a0 Where your copyright is already owned by the publisher, for example, then why not try to negotiate the copyright reverting back to you, even if it comes void of any financial gain from the publisher, at least it will allow you to claim for PLR, and other similar schemes that they can\u2019t claim.\u00a0<\/p><p>If you\u2019re unsure if you own the copyright to any of your published works then check your contract or with your publisher etc. as it should be in there somewhere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82a5ebc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82a5ebc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d49cdd7\" data-id=\"d49cdd7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd269d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dd269d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visual Artists Beware.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de3ec06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de3ec06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a visual artist if you are a member of the Designers and Artists Collecting Society (DACS) or the Picture Industry Collecting Society for Effective Licensing (PICSEL) payback schemes, you cannot also make a visual contribution claim through ALCS, and you will need to decide which organisation you wish to receive payments from.\u00a0 Now read this paragraph again and think for a moment reminding yourself why you are registering your works with ALCS in the first place.\u00a0 If you are an author then it\u2019s your main collecting society, however, if you are a visual artist such as an illustrator you are registering your works to claim overseas PLR.\u00a0 So you should still register all your works with ALCS too.\u00a0 Confused? .\u2026 us too.<\/p><p>To us the unnecessary complexity is highlighted nicely by the contributions to a picture book.\u00a0 Here the royalties from the book are usually split evenly between the writer and the illustrator as the words don\u2019t work without the images and the images don\u2019t work without the words.\u00a0 The writer and the illustrator are joint authors.\u00a0 Both the illustrator and writer are entitled to an equal share of PLR.\u00a0 The UK PLR system recognises this beautifully and you have to register your share of royalties each time you register a book.\u00a0 Perfect.\u00a0 With ALCS, however, it is not as obvious.<\/p><p>When we review the registered books that we have with ALCS we are still a bit unclear as to how the percentage share is allocated and are concerned that some clients might be missing out on overseas PLR claims etc.\u00a0 From our previous conversations with the team at ALCS, we understand that ALCS acts as an agent rather than acting as the deciding authority and the separate overseas PLR systems decide what percentage is allocated to author, illustrator etc.\u00a0 However, there seems to be a vast inconsistency even for individual countries.\u00a0 If we look at three picture books published in the UK by the same publisher in English where the author and the illustrator share equal royalties, the illustrator\u2019s share on ALCS is shown as either: 0%, 50% or 100%, when they should be all 50% to each the author and the illustrator.\u00a0 If we then look at three picture books initially published in the UK under the same terms as above and then translated to French (say) and published in France, we also find that the illustrator\u2019s share on ALCS is shown as either: 0%, 50% or 100%, when they should be all 35% each to the author and illustrator and 30% to the translator if we go by UK PLR rules.<\/p><p>We know we are writing this article with the intention of helping you, so please forgive us for not understanding, but we can\u2019t see how this is correct.\u00a0 So we don\u2019t know what conclusion to come to with regard to picture books etc.\u00a0 Should you register as an author?\u00a0 Should you register as a visual contributor? Or should you register as both?\u00a0 We are happy to listen to all your opinions and advice on this as we have our own opinions but actually no idea at all!<\/p><p>Fortunately for us our job is to just make sure all the books are registered to the best of our ability and accept the things that we cannot change.\u00a0 Time to move on.<\/p><p>It is our understanding that DACS is looking to take over the collection of overseas PLR for designers and artists as they have already started doing for the Netherlands and for Germany.\u00a0 So make sure you are on their mailing list not to miss out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06f640c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06f640c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-839f979\" data-id=\"839f979\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a2454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23a2454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PLR International.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88605e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88605e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We cannot not mention in this article PLR international as there are other established PLR schemes in Denmark, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, that if you are a resident or domiciled in, or a national of, you might be able to claim directly.\u00a0 In the UK we are currently reliant on UK PLR, ALCS and\u00a0DACS to collect overseas PLR on our behalf.\u00a0 However, we do double check the PLR International website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plrinternational.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/plrinternational.com\/<\/a>, every now and then for updates as there are also another 27 or so countries that have PLR schemes in development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c47dda2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c47dda2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0badf94\" data-id=\"0badf94\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0723e59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0723e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audit Checks.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f3dd24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f3dd24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For all collecting societies as part of the process of verifying your submissions \/ claims etc. you might be required to provide supporting evidence, such as copies of contracts or other commissioning documents, or evidence of visual contributions things like screenshots of images in books with total number of images in each screenshot etc.\u00a0 To date only one of our clients has been subject to an audit check which we are quite happy about as it gives us a lot of confidence in the system. We were able to satisfy our clients audit quite nicely by providing a PDF copy of the log of all their works.\u00a0 We told you it would be a good idea to have one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b3cd31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b3cd31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77210eb\" data-id=\"77210eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc749b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc749b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Done Done,This is The End!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8a0fa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8a0fa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That is us done done with PLR as much as reasonably practical.\u00a0 We have been doing this for some time and have been shamelessly helping people like you squeezing that lemon for every last drop.\u00a0 It has made a very welcome difference their income and we hope it can do the same for you too.\u00a0 If there are any ideas or schemes, that are legal that is, that we have not mentioned then please get in touch and we\u2019d be more than happy to add them on.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p><p>There is no doubt that registering all your works, one by one, with PLR, ALCS and\/or DACS can be a mammoth task.\u00a0 The main difficulty is the amount of time it takes to do it all.\u00a0 It\u2019s not difficult it\u2019s just laborious and dull work.\u00a0 Registration is free for all three so, as we said what must seem like an age ago, it\u2019s only going to cost you the time to get off your lazy backside and register your titles.\u00a0 Well actually the truth is you need to sit your lazy backside down in front of a computer and get it done in bite size pieces.\u00a0\u00a0As might have mentioned earlier, you make your own luck in this life so let\u2019s do this.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c32ec6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c32ec6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b796e0e\" data-id=\"b796e0e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceba0b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ceba0b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can Someone Else Do All This For Me Please?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8fa64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d8fa64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is why we are here!\u00a0 We offer this service to all authors, illustrators etc.\u00a0 If you are interested then you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/contact\/\">Contact Us<\/a> and we\u2019d be happy to talk to you about finding the right setup that would work for you and\u00a0to allow you to squeeze that lemon as much as possible to maximise your income.<\/p><p>Naturally we would also be more than happy to share our thoughts and experience with you to help in any way, so if you do have more questions or are having an issue with something then please do drop us a line and we would gladly help you as much as we can.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ef09899 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ef09899\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-521ad573\" data-id=\"521ad573\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b87d98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10b87d98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Squeeze-that-Lemon-Lemonsx4-p19i2zz2apjl6u30ztbd4wrxx1uihr9gu5d368qncs.jpg\" title=\"Squeeze-that-Lemon-Lemonsx4\" alt=\"Squeeze-that-Lemon-Lemonsx4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3648ebc6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3648ebc6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-165e523b\" data-id=\"165e523b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e4c95f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39e4c95f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recommended Reading<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-130e6bb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"130e6bb6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7bf61e\" data-id=\"c7bf61e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab8e050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ab8e050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/maximise-your-income-as-as-author-illustrator-etc\/\">Ten Starter Tips<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8290b3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8290b3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How to start maximising your income as an Author, Illustrator etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73dad10\" data-id=\"73dad10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f34b8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61f34b8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/create-an-asset-register\/\">Create an Asset Register<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-457c0b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"457c0b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Setting up a digital record of all your work from scratch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfc71a\" data-id=\"bfc71a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d8abd8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d8abd8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/claim-public-lending-rights\/\">Public Lending Rights<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28320bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28320bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How to join and make claims in as many places as 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/dacs-payback\/\">DACS PayBack<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-260c047e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"260c047e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How to claim DACS Payback&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">(this article is for visual artists only).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-673cebf4\" data-id=\"673cebf4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d99f10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56d99f10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/secondary-use-royalties-through-alcs\/\">Secondary Use Royalties<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270ede83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"270ede83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How to claim secondary use royalties through ALCS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43cdc9ad\" data-id=\"43cdc9ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b0b5c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35b0b5c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squeezethatlemon.net\/index.php\/what-is-an-isbn-or-issn\/\">What is an ISBN or ISSN?<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b20af55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b20af55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What is an ISBN or an ISSN and why should I care?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6be5cde7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6be5cde7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16943dd1\" data-id=\"16943dd1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e2914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29e2914\" 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