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Book Sales Data | Our Guide to Tracking & Managing
Book sales data is the foundation of many critical publishing processes. Publishers rely on it to measure title performance, calculate royalties, manage inventory, forecast revenue, evaluate distribution channels, and make decisions about acquisitions and marketing. Yet book sales data is rarely simple.
Publishing Contracts Guide | What Licensees Need to Know
When it comes to publishing contracts, the publishers who thrive are not necessarily the ones who negotiate the hardest. They are the ones who negotiate for the rights they can best leverage, understand what they signed, can find the agreement when they need it, and can act on it appropriately for every single deal.
Tiered Royalties: Structure, Examples, Benefits, How They Work
Tiered royalties help align incentives between licensors and licensees, but they also introduce complexity in calculation, reporting, and compliance. This guide breaks down how they work, where they’re used, and what you should consider if you’re responsible for paying them.
Licensing Royalties Explained: Benefits, Risks & Examples
If your business has acquired the rights to use another party’s invention, creation, or intellectual property (IP), then congratulations: you are now a licensee! Licensees pay licensing royalties to a licensor when they monetize the IP they have acquired.
Automate Literary Agents’ Fees with Royalty Tracker
With the new Royalty Tracker® agents feature, publishers can process agents’ fees with the click of a button, and instantly publish agents’ statements to the online Royalty Portal. Watch the demo here.
Technology Transfer Agreements, Royalties, Distributions
If you’re involved in licensing technology from a university, research institution, or federal lab—or granting those rights to others—managing royalties is one of the most critical (and complex) parts of the process.
Royalty Rates Explained | Licensing Agreements & More
Learn what royalty rates are, how they’re calculated, what affects them, and what to expect in a licensing agreement in this practical guide.
Intellectual Property Licensing | Agreements & Royalty Rates
Let's break down what an intellectual property license is, explore different types of IP licenses, explain what goes into an IP licensing agreement, and walk through royalty rates and licensing fees. We’ll also share best practices to help manage intellectual property licensing deals with clarity and confidence.
Royalty Agreement | Examples, Definition & Information
Royalty agreements are sometimes regarded as the domain of legal professionals, and there’s no doubt they can be complicated. But everyone involved in the creation and sale of IP should understand the basics.
What Are Author Royalties? What Licensees Need to Know
Here’s our guide to how author royalties work, what licensees can do to manage them efficiently, and how MetaComet can help.