UK library lending

       The UK Public Lending Right sees to it that authors are compensated when their books are borrowed from public libraries (a small amount, and only up to a certain level, but still ...), and the 2011/2012 lending data is now out.
       As they sum up, US Writers Smother UK Rivals When it Comes to Bodies in the Library (warning ! dreaded pdf format !); see also this general overview (warning ! dreaded pdf format !), as well as the list of the 100 most borrowed books (warning ! dreaded pdf format !).