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Mon 09 Sep 2008Authors to profit from library scheme
BEST-SELLING authors such as Marian Keyes, Cathy Kelly and John Grisham are set to earn up to €8,200 a year extra from the State from next year when a system of payments for books borrowed from public libraries is introduced for the first time.
Popular children's authors such as JK Rowling and Eoin Colfer are also expected to profit significantly when the Department of the Environment introduces an Irish version of the public lending remuneration scheme common in other Western countries.
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