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Accounting for Royalty Payments: Carrying Balances Forward

by David Marlin | October 30, 2024

David MarlinDavid Marlin is the President and Co-Founder of MetaComet® Systems, a prominent provider of royalty automation tools. Since founding the company in 2000, David has spearheaded the development of a suite of best-in-class systems that effectively facilitate royalty processes for nearly 200 publishers. David has also served as the chair for The Book Industry […]

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Revolutionize Your Communications with 4 New Royalty Portal Features

by MetaComet Systems | October 29, 2024

MetaComet® Systems has released four new royalty recipient relationship tools which will enhance the communications functionality of the company’s best-in-class Royalty Portal software.

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Types of Book Royalties: To calculate List Royalties, multiply Books Sold x List Price x Royalty Percentage. To calculate Net Royalties, subtract the wholesale discount from the list price, then multiply by Books Sold and the Royalty Percentage.

Book Royalties: What They Are, How They Work, & Tracking Tips

by David Marlin | October 8, 2024

Book publishers tend to enter the business because of a love for books, not a love for royalty accounting. But royalties can be complex, and consume a disproportionate amount of the time spent on the business.

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On the income statement, expenses are subtracted from revenue to calculate profitability. On the balance sheet, liabilities are subtracted from assets to yield value. Here's how royalties affect both calculations.

Royalty Accounting 101: How Royalties Impact Your Business

by David Marlin | September 30, 2024

David MarlinDavid Marlin is the President and Co-Founder of MetaComet® Systems, a prominent provider of royalty automation tools. Since founding the company in 2000, David has spearheaded the development of a suite of best-in-class systems that effectively facilitate royalty processes for nearly 200 publishers. David has also served as the chair for The Book Industry […]

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A royalty system requires contract terms and sales data as inputs, then generates royalty statements, payments, and reports.

Royalty Systems | Introductory Information & Recommendations

by David Marlin | September 9, 2024

David MarlinDavid Marlin is the President and Co-Founder of MetaComet® Systems, a prominent provider of royalty automation tools. Since founding the company in 2000, David has spearheaded the development of a suite of best-in-class systems that effectively facilitate royalty processes for nearly 200 publishers. David has also served as the chair for The Book Industry […]

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Nelson Case Study: Publisher Royalties Become Visible

Nelson Case Study: Publisher Royalties Become Visible

by David Marlin | August 8, 2024

Nelson is Canada’s leading K–12 educational publisher, currently distributing thousands of products and managing tens of thousands of royalty agreements.

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A chart showing the flow of book publishing royalties. Retailers pay publishers for book sales. Publishers provide discounts, rebates, and refunds to retailers. Publishers pay advances and royalties to authors.

Book Publishing Royalties Made Easy

by David Marlin | July 29, 2024

Many MetaComet customers are running established publishing houses with years or decades of experience managing book publishing royalties. But others are just getting started. If you are new to the business, you may have some questions. Fortunately, the royalty experts at MetaComet have answers.

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Royalty Management Services: 3 Best Practices

by David Marlin | July 26, 2024

Royalty management requires impeccable accounting to ensure compliance and internal and external auditability and to maintain positive relationships with partners. This means devoting significant human and technical resources to the process. Failure to properly manage royalties or rights can lead to erroneous payments, broken trust from clients, and negative impact on your bottom line.

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Royalty Calculation & Royalty Records: Know the Lifecycle

by David Marlin | July 24, 2024

Royalty records management might be the most confusing part of your business. Mistakes here can cost you money and damage your recipient relationships. To clarify this intimidating process, the MetaComet® team has created the Royalty Management Lifecycle™ model.

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Achieving D2C Success One Step at a Time

Supadu Presents: Achieving D2C Success One Step at a Time

by MetaComet Systems | June 7, 2024

MetaComet is all about royalty automation. Our friends at Supadu are all about helping publishers increase revenue.

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